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Paulo Macedo Calls Time on Politician-Indexed Public-Manager Pay at the ACEGE Lunch-Debate — CGD Chief Frames the Talent-Retention Trap Inside a €6,000 Cap Tied to the Prime Minister's Base Salary

Paulo Macedo Calls Time on Politician-Indexed Public-Manager Pay at the ACEGE Lunch-Debate — CGD Chief Frames the Talent-Retention Trap Inside a €6,000 Cap Tied to the Prime Minister's Base Salary

Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD) chief executive Paulo Macedo reopened a long-running governance debate inside the Administração Pública (Public Administration) on Thursday by arguing — at a Lisbon lunch-debate hosted by the Associação Cristã de...

The Portugal Brief 18 Jun 2026

Helena Borges Hands Parliament an Audit of 31 Benefícios Fiscais Covering 77% of Despesa Fiscal — U-TAX Queues ICE and Ten Expiring Incentives Inside the 540-Benefit Universe Holding at 5-7% of GDP Since 2019

Helena Borges Hands Parliament an Audit of 31 Benefícios Fiscais Covering 77% of Despesa Fiscal — U-TAX Queues ICE and Ten Expiring Incentives Inside the 540-Benefit Universe Holding at 5-7% of GDP Since 2019

The Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira (Tax and Customs Authority, AT) closed a longer arc of its post-Brussels tax-expenditure-reform mandate on Thursday as director-general Helena Borges tabled a structured audit of 31 benefícios fiscais (fiscal...

The Portugal Brief 18 Jun 2026

Almina Cuts the Ribbon on a €400 Million Aljustrel Expansion — 6 Million-Tonne Copper-Zinc Mill, €128 Million PRR Anchor and 40,000 MWh Solar Plant Land as Montenegro Promises Mining-Permit Simplification

Almina Cuts the Ribbon on a €400 Million Aljustrel Expansion — 6 Million-Tonne Copper-Zinc Mill, €128 Million PRR Anchor and 40,000 MWh Solar Plant Land as Montenegro Promises Mining-Permit Simplification

Almina inaugurated a €400M expansion at the Aljustrel copper-zinc mine in Beja — €128M PRR-funded — doubling mill capacity to 6 million tonnes a year as PM Montenegro promised legislative simplification of Portugal's mining-permit regime.

The Portugal Brief 17 Jun 2026

Empty Portuguese hospital clinic reception with Piso 1 directional signage to Ascensor, Sanitário and Banco de Sangue

Decreto-Lei 115/2026 Tightens the Médico Tarefeiro Outsourcing Regime From 1 July — 60-Km Internato Catchment, Two-Year SNS Re-Entry Block and 48-Hour No-Show Penalty Frame the €250M Spend

Decreto-Lei n.º 115/2026 — published 16 June, in force 1 July — rebuilds the contracting regime for médicos tarefeiros around a 60-km internato catchment, a two-year SNS re-entry block, a 48-hour no-show penalty cut and a 31 December 2026 transitional deadline for live contracts.

The Portugal Brief 16 Jun 2026

Government Weighs a €1,000 National Minimum Wage Path for 2027 Above the €970 Tripartite-Accord Target — Concertação Social Door Reopens Ahead of the OE2027 Budget Window

Government Weighs a €1,000 National Minimum Wage Path for 2027 Above the €970 Tripartite-Accord Target — Concertação Social Door Reopens Ahead of the OE2027 Budget Window

Prime Minister Montenegro signalled to social partners the 2027 minimum wage could hit €1,000 — above the €970 tripartite accord target. Labour Minister Palma Ramalho is keeping the door open ahead of the OE2027 budget window.

The Portugal Brief 15 Jun 2026

Ordem dos Médicos Demands SPMS Reply on the 12 June SNS Outage That Wiped Real-Time Record of 150,000 Consultations — Bastonário Carlos Cortes Flags the Second Incident in Under a Month

Ordem dos Médicos Demands SPMS Reply on the 12 June SNS Outage That Wiped Real-Time Record of 150,000 Consultations — Bastonário Carlos Cortes Flags the Second Incident in Under a Month

Bastonário Carlos Cortes pressed SPMS in writing on Sunday for answers on Friday's nine-hour SNS outage, which left more than 150,000 consultations without a real-time digital record — the second major incident in under a month after the 22 May data breach.

The Portugal Brief 15 Jun 2026

PS Hauls Ministro da Presidência Leitão Amaro to Parliament Over Lei 23/2026 Mecanismo de Continuidade Territorial — Accuses Government of 'Trumpismo' Eight Days Into the New Subsídio de Mobilidade Regime

PS Hauls Ministro da Presidência Leitão Amaro to Parliament Over Lei 23/2026 Mecanismo de Continuidade Territorial — Accuses Government of 'Trumpismo' Eight Days Into the New Subsídio de Mobilidade Regime

PS filed an Assembleia da República hearing request for Ministro da Presidência António Leitão Amaro on 14 June over Lei 23/2026 — the Mecanismo de Continuidade Territorial — accusing the Government of 'trumpismo' for backtracking on the no-ceiling air-subsidy rule eight days into the new regime.

The Portugal Brief 14 Jun 2026

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