The National Council approved a direct election on 31 October and a convention on 20 to 22 November. Ventura is standing again, nominations close Monday, and the party still runs on its 2019 statutes.
Four parliamentary inquiries have been constituted, and Aguiar-Branco wants only two running so small parties can take part. The Parliamentary Inquiries Act sets no cap, and an inquiry requested by MPs cannot be refused. Parliament will also open on Saturdays from 31 October.
The President asked for cross-party deals that outlast elections, listed the cost of living and a slow State as threats to the Republic, and closed with Jorge Palma. The PSD applauded; the PS, Chega, IL and the left did not all agree.
Chega forced a 25-member inquiry into the interior minister's eight years running the Judicial Police. Its leader will chair it, and under the inquiries law his party's evidence requests cannot be voted down.
Chega's bill would remove the 0.5 percent charge banks can levy on early repayments, which returned in January after a three-year suspension. It passed at first reading and still faces committee and a final vote.
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.
The Portuguese government walked into the 19 June 2026 plenary debate on the Trabalho XXI (Labour XXI) reform of the Código do Trabalho (Labour Code) treating Saturday's floor vote as already won. Hugo Soares, leader of the parliamentary bench of...
