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PSP Makes Six Detentions and Fires Warning Shots After Confrontos at Assembleia da República Following the 3 June CGTP General-Strike March — Leitão Amaro Flags 'Limits Exceeded'

PSP Makes Six Detentions and Fires Warning Shots After Confrontos at Assembleia da República Following the 3 June CGTP General-Strike March — Leitão Amaro Flags 'Limits Exceeded'

PSP made six detentions and fired warning shots after confrontations at Assembleia da República late on 3 June 2026 — Article 347/348 Código Penal track, garbage bins on fire, glass bottles thrown at cordon. Leitão Amaro: 'some exceeded the limits'; CGTP distanced from the post-march sub-group.
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PS Brands the Labour Code Overhaul a 'Contrarreforma' and Drafts an Alternative Competitiveness-and-Wages Package for Late May — Carneiro Wraps Concertação Social With CGTP on Friday 22 May

PS Brands the Labour Code Overhaul a 'Contrarreforma' and Drafts an Alternative Competitiveness-and-Wages Package for Late May — Carneiro Wraps Concertação Social With CGTP on Friday 22 May

PS leader José Luís Carneiro branded the Labour Code revision a 'contrarreforma' on Thursday 21 May and confirmed PS will vote against on the general phase. An alternative competitiveness-and-wages package follows next week after Carneiro wraps Concertação Social with CGTP on Friday 22 May.
The Portugal Brief
Cabinet Files the Final Trabalho XXI Text in the Assembleia After 50 Amendments — Fixed-Term Cap Restored to Three Years, Individual Hour Bank Returns at 50 Hours a Week, Father's Birth Leave Doubles to 14 Days, Parental Subsidy Splits at 90% and 100%

Cabinet Files the Final Trabalho XXI Text in the Assembleia After 50 Amendments — Fixed-Term Cap Restored to Three Years, Individual Hour Bank Returns at 50 Hours a Week, Father's Birth Leave Doubles to 14 Days, Parental Subsidy Splits at 90% and 100%

Cabinet sent the Trabalho XXI labour-reform proposal to parliament on Thursday with 50+ amendments to the August draft, 12 sourced from UGT. Fixed-term cap restored to three years, hour bank reinstated at 50 hours a week, father's birth leave doubles to 14 days, parental subsidy splits at 90/100%.
The Portugal Brief