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Assembleia da República Tables 14:00 Vote on Three New Lei dos Estrangeiros Restrictions — PSD-CDS Pin Passage on Chega for the Student-Visa Gate, the Parents-of-Minors Clause and the Tacit-Approval Cut

Assembleia da República Tables 14:00 Vote on Three New Lei dos Estrangeiros Restrictions — PSD-CDS Pin Passage on Chega for the Student-Visa Gate, the Parents-of-Minors Clause and the Tacit-Approval Cut

Parliament votes at 14:00 on three additional restrictions to the Lei dos Estrangeiros (Foreigners Law) tabled by PM Luís Montenegro. The PSD-CDS minority counts on Chega votes for the student-visa requirement, the parents-of-minors clause and the elimination of tacit residence approval.
The Portugal Brief
André Ventura Conditions Chega's PSU Generalidade Vote on a Five-Year Contributory Wall for Immigrant Access — Friday Parliament Vote Precedes the 11 June Montenegro Labour-Package Meeting

André Ventura Conditions Chega's PSU Generalidade Vote on a Five-Year Contributory Wall for Immigrant Access — Friday Parliament Vote Precedes the 11 June Montenegro Labour-Package Meeting

Chega leader André Ventura confirmed on 8 June that the party could let the Prestação Social Única pass at generalidade if PSD accepts a five-year contributory wall on immigrant access — and announced a 'final meeting' with PM Montenegro on the labour-reform package on Thursday 11 June.
The Portugal Brief
Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa Voids the Juízo Local Criminal's July 2025 Acquittal in the PAN Email-Blackout Case and Sends Cristina Rodrigues Back to First Instance With a Fundamentação Order on the Evidence Nullity Question

Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa Voids the Juízo Local Criminal's July 2025 Acquittal in the PAN Email-Blackout Case and Sends Cristina Rodrigues Back to First Instance With a Fundamentação Order on the Evidence Nullity Question

Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa annulled the July 2025 acquittal of Cristina Rodrigues — now Chega, ex-PAN — over the 2020 PAN email-deletion case. The 4 June 2026 acórdão ruled the first-instance judgment insufficiently reasoned and ordered a retrial alongside co-defendant Sara Fernandes.
The Portugal Brief
Ventura Brands Montenegro's Public 'No' to Chega's Vacation-Days, Overtime-Rights and Lower Retirement-Age Demands a 'Caricatural Strategy' From the Lisbon Headquarters on Sunday 24 May

Ventura Brands Montenegro's Public 'No' to Chega's Vacation-Days, Overtime-Rights and Lower Retirement-Age Demands a 'Caricatural Strategy' From the Lisbon Headquarters on Sunday 24 May

Chega leader André Ventura called Luís Montenegro's public rejection of his party's vacation-days, overtime-rights and retirement-age demands a 'caricatural strategy' at a Sunday 24 May Lisbon HQ press conference — the labour-reform vote arithmetic depends on PS or Chega backing, neither in place.
The Portugal Brief