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IMF Warns Two-Thirds of EU Energy Subsidies Are Untargeted and Already Cost 0.18% of GDP — Alfred Kammer Says the Permanent-Fiscal-Burden Trap Is Closing on Lisbon as ISP Discount Climbs Again
IMF's Alfred Kammer warns two-thirds of EU energy subsidies are untargeted and already cost 0.18% of GDP — landing the same weekend Lisbon lifted its ISP fuel-tax discount to €75.48/1,000L diesel and €51.97 gasoline. Permanent-fiscal-burden trap closing on the eurozone.
Stellantis Hands Leapmotor a Spot on the Zaragoza Line — Chinese-Designed B05 Joins the Opel Corsa and Peugeot 208 at €24,500 in Portugal, Wiping the 38.1% Tariff and Undercutting the Peugeot E-308 by Ten Thousand Euros
Leapmotor B05 will be built at the Stellantis Zaragoza plant alongside the Opel Corsa and Peugeot 208, wiping the 38.1% Chinese-import duty and landing in Portuguese dealerships at €24,500 — about €10,000 below the Peugeot E-308 it shares the floor with.
Pedro Dominguinhos Says the Iran War Is Already Hitting PRR Execution — Order Delays, Shortages of PVC and XPS, and Scientific Kit Stuck at Ports as €21.9 Billion Programme Heads Into Its Final Four Months
PRR monitoring commission president Pedro Dominguinhos says Iran war is already producing order delays, PVC and XPS shortages, and scientific equipment stuck at ports — squeezing Portugal's €21.9bn recovery plan in its final four months.
Government Lifts the ISP Fuel-Tax Discount Again Ahead of Monday's Pump-Price Reset — Diesel Support Climbs to €75.48 per 1,000 Litres and Gasoline to €51.97 as ANAREC Forecasts +10 Cents/L Diesel and +6.5 Cents/L Gasoline
Finance Ministry lifted the weekly ISP discount Saturday — diesel support to €75.48 per 1,000 litres, gasoline to €51.97 — narrowing Monday's ANAREC pump-rise forecast of +10 c/L diesel and +6.5 c/L gasoline. Cumulative climb from March now runs near 42 c diesel, 28 c gasoline.
Complemento Solidário Para Idosos Climbs to 239,771 Beneficiaries in March 2026 — 11% Year-on-Year Growth as the Reference Value Marches Toward €870 by 2029
The Gabinete de Estratégia e Planeamento (GEP) at the Ministério do Trabalho, Solidariedade e Segurança Social published its monthly read on Portugal's headline anti-poverty transfer for older residents on Friday: 239,771 people drew the Complemento...
Why the PSI Hit a 16-Year High the Same Week INE Said Q1 GDP Was Zero — Reading the Equity-Macro Disconnect Between Lisbon's Bolsa and Portugal's Real Economy
INE's flash estimate stopped Q1 growth at zero. The PSI closed the same week at a 16-year high. End-of-day analysis on why those two facts can hold simultaneously — and what the disconnect tells investors and policymakers heading into Q2.