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Immigration

AIMA Reimposes the 10-Senha Daily Cap on Lawyers at the Porto Loja With a 12h–16h Window — Three Cases Per Advogado Per Day Against a 200,000-File Court Backlog, Less Than a Year After the National Cap Was Lifted by Protocol With the Ordem

The Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo has quietly reimposed the ten-senha daily cap on lawyers at its Porto loja, with access squeezed into a four-hour 12h–16h window. Público's Vicente Nunes reads the new rule on the ground on Saturday...

Economy

Portugal's Twin EU-Funds Cliff Comes Into View — €14.9 Billion of the PRR Drawn at 61% Execution With 21 May Reprogramming Locked, August Targets Pending and Portugal 2030 Sitting Last in the EU Payment-Monitoring Tape at €4.06 Billion

Two EU-funds files into a hard summer. PRR at €14.9 billion drawn and 61% execution with deadlines stacked 31 May to 31 December. Portugal 2030 last in EU payment-monitoring at €4.06 billion of €22.6 billion. The combined arc decides Portugal's 2026-27 public-investment cycle.

Politics

Inside the Trabalho XXI Bill That Lands in Parliament This Week — The Banco de Horas Grupal Falls Out, the SME Reintegration Bar Goes Up, Outsourcing After Collective Dismissal Drops to Six Months and the Caducidade Path Gets Wider

The labour-reform bill walks into the Assembleia this week with the banco de horas grupal repealed, fixed-term grounds widened, the SME reintegration bar lifted, post-dismissal outsourcing halved to six months, and the caducidade path widened. CGTP general strike locked for 3 June.

Grupo Mello

Grupo José de Mello Now Carries More Than 50 Shareholders Eight Years After Tearing Up the Family Protocol — Sixth Generation Already at 80, Salvador de Mello CEO at 5.56%, and the €330M Ercros Takeover Lands as the Largest Print Since Brisa

Eight years after the fourth-generation siblings tore up the José de Mello family protocol, Grupo Mello carries 50+ shareholders across six generations — about 80 in the sixth — and closes its largest M&A print since Brisa with the €330M Ercros takeover. Salvador de Mello runs the group at 5.56%.

EDP

EDP Renews Its São Paulo Distribution Concession for 30 Years and Books a 5-Billion-Real Investment Plan Through 2030 — Brasília Signing With Lula and Alexandre Silveira Locks Guarulhos, Alto Tietê, Vale do Paraíba and Litoral Norte Through 2058

EDP signed a 30-year renewal of its EDP São Paulo distribution concession on 8 May 2026 with a 5-billion-real (€866M) plan through 2030. Contract covers 28 municipalities and 2.2M clients across Guarulhos, Alto Tietê, Vale do Paraíba and Litoral Norte through 2058 — 30% more than 2019-2024.