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Going Into Summer 2026 With No Labour Deal — Trabalho XXI Walks Into Parliament Unsigned, the CGTP Locks 3 June for the General Strike, and Private-Sector Wages Print +6% as the Insolvency Tape Climbs 7.8%

Going Into Summer 2026 With No Labour Deal — Trabalho XXI Walks Into Parliament Unsigned, the CGTP Locks 3 June for the General Strike, and Private-Sector Wages Print +6% as the Insolvency Tape Climbs 7.8%

Trabalho XXI walks into Parliament without a Concertação Social signature, the CGTP has locked 3 June for the general strike, private-sector wages are running +6% YoY and the insolvency tape is up 7.8%. The labour-policy summer in Portugal will be busier than the political calendar suggests.
The Portugal Brief
Portugal at 40 in the European Union — The Cohesion Balance Sheet on Dia da Europa: €4.06 Billion of €22.6 Billion Drawn on Portugal 2030, €130 Million in Fresh Avisos Today, and the 2034 Date When Lisbon Stops Being a Net Beneficiary

Portugal at 40 in the European Union — The Cohesion Balance Sheet on Dia da Europa: €4.06 Billion of €22.6 Billion Drawn on Portugal 2030, €130 Million in Fresh Avisos Today, and the 2034 Date When Lisbon Stops Being a Net Beneficiary

The 9 May 2026 ceremony in Porto closed Portugal's 40th year in the EU. Behind the speeches sits a cohesion balance sheet whose maths is turning: 18% drawn on Portugal 2030, a still-running PRR, and a 2034 date when Lisbon stops being a net beneficiary of the EU budget for the first time since 1986.
The Portugal Brief
Sonae's SC Hospitality Pours €50 Million Into Eight New The Editory Hotels — First Açores Property, Two Each in Madeira, Lisboa and the Algarve, Plus a €5 Million Renovation Tape, on a Plan To Triple the Portfolio to 30 Hotels by 2031

Sonae's SC Hospitality Pours €50 Million Into Eight New The Editory Hotels — First Açores Property, Two Each in Madeira, Lisboa and the Algarve, Plus a €5 Million Renovation Tape, on a Plan To Triple the Portfolio to 30 Hotels by 2031

SC Hospitality CEO Gonçalo Bernardes told Diário de Notícias the Sonae hospitality unit is putting €50M into eight new The Editory hotels — including its first Açores property — plus a €5M renovation tape, on a plan to lift the portfolio from 12 to 30 hotels by 2031.
The Portugal Brief