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Chega

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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 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).

Culture

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.

imigração

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.

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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.