The Culture Minister told parliament Portugal will change Acesso 52 by the end of June 2027 to end an EU discrimination case. The free days still work today. Here is how to use them, what is unknown, and when the National Museum of Ancient Art reopens.
The decree transposing the EU's RED III directive sets a 49% renewables goal for 2030, with 75% in buildings and 29% in transport. Parliament's climate plan says 51%, and the government has not explained the gap. Portugal reached 36.3% in 2024.
Eurostat puts Portugal's 2025 employment rate at 79.6 percent, 0.4 points short of its national 80 percent goal for 2030. Grande Lisboa, the Algarve, Centro and Alentejo are above it; the islands are below the EU's 78 percent.
Funchal council has opened a 30 working day consultation on raising its tourist tax from 2 to 4 euros per person per night from 1 January 2027, capped at seven nights, and the cruise passenger tax from 2 to 4 euros. Only Madeira residents are exempt by residence.
Marco Rubio urged Portugal to buy the F-35 on his first visit to Lisbon, but no agreement was signed. The government says the fighter choice is not made, Lajes was not discussed, and the prosecutors' inquiry goes on.
