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Montenegro Files 'Trabalhar — Fazer Portugal Maior' Third Strategic Motion for the 43rd PSD Congress in Anadia on 20-21 June — Sole Candidate, Slogan Borrowed From Cavaco Silva, 'Não É Não' to Chega and No Bloco Central With PS

Montenegro Files 'Trabalhar — Fazer Portugal Maior' Third Strategic Motion for the 43rd PSD Congress in Anadia on 20-21 June — Sole Candidate, Slogan Borrowed From Cavaco Silva, 'Não É Não' to Chega and No Bloco Central With PS

Montenegro filed his third strategic motion before Monday's PSD deadline, double the 1,500-signature threshold. 'Trabalhar — Fazer Portugal Maior' marries a Cavaco-era slogan to a renewed 'não é não' to Chega and no central bloc with PS. 43rd Congress in Anadia 20-21 June.
The Portugal Brief
Tribunal Constitucional President José João Abrantes Renounces the Office Tuesday 12 May — Resignation Effective on the Swearing-In of His Successor, Parliament Now Owes Four Judge Elections After the April PSD-Chega-PS Agreement

Tribunal Constitucional President José João Abrantes Renounces the Office Tuesday 12 May — Resignation Effective on the Swearing-In of His Successor, Parliament Now Owes Four Judge Elections After the April PSD-Chega-PS Agreement

TC president José João Abrantes formally renounced the office on Tuesday 12 May 2026, citing 'exclusively personal and institutional reasons'. The resignation takes effect when his successor is sworn in. Parliament now owes four judge elections under the 7 April PSD-Chega-PS framework.
The Portugal Brief
Chega Formalises a Parliamentary Inquiry Commission Into Operação Influencer Targeting António Costa Over Lithium, Hydrogen and Start Campus — PSD Refuses, So the CPI Walks Into the September Forced-Activation Window

Chega Formalises a Parliamentary Inquiry Commission Into Operação Influencer Targeting António Costa Over Lithium, Hydrogen and Start Campus — PSD Refuses, So the CPI Walks Into the September Forced-Activation Window

Chega formalised on Saturday its parliamentary motion for a Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito (CPI) into the Operação Influencer case — the wiretap-and-search investigation that brought down the Costa government in November 2023 and that the...
The Portugal Brief
Tribunal Central de Instrução Criminal Sends Miguel Arruda and His Wife Ana Luísa to Trial Over the Lisbon Airport Luggage-Theft Case — Ex-Chega Deputy Faces 21 Counts of Qualified Theft, Wife Charged With Recetação for Wearing the Vinted Spoils

Tribunal Central de Instrução Criminal Sends Miguel Arruda and His Wife Ana Luísa to Trial Over the Lisbon Airport Luggage-Theft Case — Ex-Chega Deputy Faces 21 Counts of Qualified Theft, Wife Charged With Recetação for Wearing the Vinted Spoils

Judge Nuno Dias Costa sent Miguel Arruda and his wife Ana Luísa to trial on 8 May. Ex-Chega deputy faces 21 counts of qualified theft from Humberto Delgado non-Schengen carousels, with Vinted resale; one bag carried €5,500 of luxury items.
The Portugal Brief