Road fuel sales fell 2.7 percent on August 2025 and diesel 4.7 percent, DGEG figures show. Sector estimates point to a cut of about three cents a litre next week, despite a smaller tax discount.
The draft plan and budget for 2027 forecast a 112 million euro deficit and slower growth as tourism weakens, while nearly doubling the money spent promoting the islands. The regional assembly votes in November.
The friends of cohesion want new EU priorities paid for with new revenue and limited joint debt, not cuts, and an end to rebates for the biggest contributors. The six net payers want hundreds of billions cut.
Lisbon's Court of Appeal found that the decision not to try them failed to set out the facts behind it, and sent the case back to an investigating judge. The ruling was not unanimous.
The Prosecutor-General's Office confirmed the inquiry, opened on a complaint the Bloco de Esquerda filed in April. It is the first time the base's use since the war began has come before the justice system rather than only parliament.
Since 1 October tuk-tuks can no longer pick up passengers at the Ribeira or Clérigos, and coach stops have moved too. Porto is also testing a platform that approves access to the centre automatically.
