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Chega Sinks the Government's Trabalho XXI Labour Reform on Friday's Generalidade Vote — PSD, CDS-PP and IL Stand Alone as PS, Bloco de Esquerda, PCP, Livre, PAN and JPP Carry the No, Ventura Cites Despedimentos and Reforma-Antecipada Sticking Points

Chega Sinks the Government's Trabalho XXI Labour Reform on Friday's Generalidade Vote — PSD, CDS-PP and IL Stand Alone as PS, Bloco de Esquerda, PCP, Livre, PAN and JPP Carry the No, Ventura Cites Despedimentos and Reforma-Antecipada Sticking Points

Chega joined the entire left bench to reject the Trabalho XXI labour reform in Friday's generalidade vote, defeating Prime Minister Luís Montenegro's flagship Código do Trabalho rewrite. Only PSD, CDS-PP and IL voted in favour.
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The Palácio de São Bento in Lisbon — seat of the Assembleia da República, where the PS-Chega-AD parliamentary balance tested by the June 2026 Intercampus barometer plays out.

Intercampus Tags PS at 24.3% Ahead of Chega's 20.3% as AD Drops 3.4 Points to 19.5% — Medialivre's June Barometer Reads Carneiro at 33.8% on the Prime-Minister Preference Cut Against Montenegro's 22.3% and Ventura's 22.2%

Intercampus's June barometer for Medialivre puts PS on 24.3%, Chega on 20.3% and the PSD/CDS-anchored AD coalition on 19.5% — a 3.4-point AD drop that lifts José Luís Carneiro to 33.8% on the prime-minister preference cut, ahead of Luís Montenegro (22.3%) and André Ventura (22.2%).
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Chega Pins the Reforma-65 Demand on a Written Compromisso From Montenegro Across the Concertação Social Calendar — Calendarised Pension-Age Reduction or 40-Year Carreira Contributiva as the Non-Negotiable Threshold

Chega Pins the Reforma-65 Demand on a Written Compromisso From Montenegro Across the Concertação Social Calendar — Calendarised Pension-Age Reduction or 40-Year Carreira Contributiva as the Non-Negotiable Threshold

Chega leader André Ventura will demand a written compromisso from PM Luís Montenegro fixing a calendar for lowering the Idade Normal de Acesso à Pensão de Velhice (Normal Retirement Age) to 65 or, alternatively, after a 40-year carreira contributiva (contribution career).
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Ponta Delgada Capital Portuguesa da Cultura Loses Half Its €5.3 Million Envelope After Turismo de Portugal Walks and Chega + Movimento PDL Para Todos Block the €2 Million Câmara Top-Up

Ponta Delgada Capital Portuguesa da Cultura Loses Half Its €5.3 Million Envelope After Turismo de Portugal Walks and Chega + Movimento PDL Para Todos Block the €2 Million Câmara Top-Up

PDL26 — Ponta Delgada's year as Capital Portuguesa da Cultura — has lost €2.3M of its original €5.3M envelope after Turismo de Portugal pulled investment, EU sources receded and Chega + Movimento PDL Para Todos blocked a €2M Câmara Municipal top-up, leaving the operating budget around €3M.
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