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Portugal Misses the 7 June Transposition Deadline on the EU Pay Transparency Directive 2023/970 — Ministério do Trabalho's 30 March Draft Sits Open as the Job-Ad Pay-Band Rule and Reversed Burden of Proof Bind Anyway

Portugal Misses the 7 June Transposition Deadline on the EU Pay Transparency Directive 2023/970 — Ministério do Trabalho's 30 March Draft Sits Open as the Job-Ad Pay-Band Rule and Reversed Burden of Proof Bind Anyway

Portugal sat out the 7 June 2026 transposition deadline on European Union Directive 2023/970 (the Pay Transparency Directive / Diretiva da Transparência Salarial) without publishing a Decreto-Lei in the Diário da República. The Ministério do...
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Lisbon Calls For an EU Spending-Safeguard Carve-Out on Power-Bill Support — Miranda Sarmento Pitches the Energy-Crisis Exception to the Eurogroup as Portugal Ranks Fifth on the Energy-Support Share-of-GDP Tape

Lisbon Calls For an EU Spending-Safeguard Carve-Out on Power-Bill Support — Miranda Sarmento Pitches the Energy-Crisis Exception to the Eurogroup as Portugal Ranks Fifth on the Energy-Support Share-of-GDP Tape

Joaquim Miranda Sarmento told the 11 June Eurogroup in Luxembourg that the European Commission must create an energy-crisis escape clause modelled on the defense-spending carve-out — Portugal ranks fifth in the EU on energy-support share of GDP and is asking for the same fiscal-rules treatment.
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Mirandela Administrative Court Halts Savannah Barroso Lithium Geotechnical Work on 9 June in Third Providência Cautelar — Baldio de Covas and UDCB Filings Test Minister Carvalho's 'Praga' Framing as the EU Strategic Project Awaits Merit Hearing

Mirandela Administrative Court Halts Savannah Barroso Lithium Geotechnical Work on 9 June in Third Providência Cautelar — Baldio de Covas and UDCB Filings Test Minister Carvalho's 'Praga' Framing as the EU Strategic Project Awaits Merit Hearing

The Mirandela Administrative and Tax Court issued a third providência cautelar against Savannah Resources' Mina do Barroso on 9 June, halting geotechnical work after a joint Baldio de Covas do Barroso and UDCB filing — a test of Minister Carvalho's 'praga' framing.
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Plano Social para o Clima Activates in June With a €1.6 Billion Envelope Through 2032 — €1.073 Billion Routes to Building Renovation and €516 Million to Transport as the EU Climate Social Fund Lands in Portugal

Plano Social para o Clima Activates in June With a €1.6 Billion Envelope Through 2032 — €1.073 Billion Routes to Building Renovation and €516 Million to Transport as the EU Climate Social Fund Lands in Portugal

Portugal's Plano Social para o Clima goes operational in June with €1.6 billion through 2032 — 75% EU and 25% national — routing €1.073 billion into building renovation and €516 million into transport to cushion the 2027 ETS2 carbon-price pass-through on heating and motor fuel.
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