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Portugal's Direito ao Esquecimento for Mortgage and Consumer Insurance — Cancer Survivors Beyond 10 Years, Childhood Cases at 5, and the 2-Year Mitigated-Disease Threshold for HIV, Diabetes and Hepatitis C Now Live Under ASF Supervision

Portugal's Direito ao Esquecimento for Mortgage and Consumer Insurance — Cancer Survivors Beyond 10 Years, Childhood Cases at 5, and the 2-Year Mitigated-Disease Threshold for HIV, Diabetes and Hepatitis C Now Live Under ASF Supervision

Portugal's Direito ao Esquecimento (right to be forgotten) bars insurers from collecting or pricing on health histories that meet specific recovery thresholds — 10 years post-treatment for adults, 5 for under-21 cases, 2 years of continuous treatment for mitigated chronic conditions.
The Portugal Brief
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 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.
The Portugal Brief
BPCE's €1 Billion Cheque to the Fundo de Resolução Covers Only 15% of the Vehicle's State and Banking-Sector Debt — Novo Banco-Banif Liabilities Still Hang Over the System as Luís Máximo dos Santos Steers Repayment Plan

BPCE's €1 Billion Cheque to the Fundo de Resolução Covers Only 15% of the Vehicle's State and Banking-Sector Debt — Novo Banco-Banif Liabilities Still Hang Over the System as Luís Máximo dos Santos Steers Repayment Plan

The €1 billion the Fundo de Resolução netted from the BPCE acquisition of Novo Banco covers only 15% of the vehicle's accumulated debt to the Portuguese state and the bank-sector consortium. Implied residual liability of around €5.5-6 billion, with no disclosed repayment horizon.
The Portugal Brief
Banco Português de Fomento Maps Out a €30 Billion 2026-2028 Funding Bazooka and a Sovereign-Style 'Fundo de Fundos' to Fix Portugal's SME Trap — CEO Gonçalo Regalado Targets Hospitals, High-Speed Rail and AI Data Centres

Banco Português de Fomento Maps Out a €30 Billion 2026-2028 Funding Bazooka and a Sovereign-Style 'Fundo de Fundos' to Fix Portugal's SME Trap — CEO Gonçalo Regalado Targets Hospitals, High-Speed Rail and AI Data Centres

Banco Português de Fomento CEO Gonçalo Regalado has set out a €30 billion 2026-2028 funding plan and a sovereign-style 'fundo de fundos' to attack Portugal's SME-fragmentation problem. Targets: hospitals, high-speed rail, AI data centres. €6bn mobilised in 2025, 11x 2024.
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