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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

Assembleia da República Greenlights Lei de Política Criminal 2026-2028 With Prison-Crew Forest-Cleaning Mandate, Stop-and-Search Powers in Zonas de Criminalidade de Impacto Social and a Priority-Crime List Headed by Arson

Assembleia da República Greenlights Lei de Política Criminal 2026-2028 With Prison-Crew Forest-Cleaning Mandate, Stop-and-Search Powers in Zonas de Criminalidade de Impacto Social and a Priority-Crime List Headed by Arson

Parliament passed the Lei de Política Criminal (Criminal Policy Law) for 2026-2028 on 12 June, putting prison-crew forest-cleaning and police pat-downs in high-impact-crime zones onto the statute. PSD, Chega, IL and CDS-PP carried; Livre, PCP, BE opposed; PS, PAN, JPP abstained.

The Portugal Brief 12 Jun 2026

Council of Europe Committee of Ministers Warns Portugal Over 103.4% Prison Occupancy — Sets September 2027 Review Window After 'Tangible Progress' Demand

Council of Europe Committee of Ministers Warns Portugal Over 103.4% Prison Occupancy — Sets September 2027 Review Window After 'Tangible Progress' Demand

The Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers warned on 12 June that Portugal faces fresh action unless prison occupancy — at a 2017-high 103.4% — drops materially by September 2027. The European Court of Human Rights is expected to issue a comprehensive ruling on detention conditions by end-2026.

The Portugal Brief 12 Jun 2026

INE Pins May 2026 CPI at 3.3% for Second Straight Month — Core Inflation Holds 2.2% as Energy Reaccelerates to 13.1% and Unprocessed Food Cools to 5.7%

INE Pins May 2026 CPI at 3.3% for Second Straight Month — Core Inflation Holds 2.2% as Energy Reaccelerates to 13.1% and Unprocessed Food Cools to 5.7%

INE's 12 June release confirms Portugal's CPI held at 3.3% year-on-year in May for a second consecutive month, with underlying inflation stuck at 2.2%, energy prices accelerating to 13.1% and unprocessed food decelerating to 5.7%. The IHPC now runs 0.1 percentage points below the eurozone.

The Portugal Brief 12 Jun 2026

Procuradoria-Geral da República Adopts Ethics Charter Barring Magistrates From AI Conviction-Prediction and Recidivism-Scoring Models

Procuradoria-Geral da República Adopts Ethics Charter Barring Magistrates From AI Conviction-Prediction and Recidivism-Scoring Models

The Procuradoria-Geral da República has approved a binding Carta para a Utilização Ética da Inteligência Artificial that forbids prosecutors from using AI to forecast conviction probability, score recidivism risk, or recommend pretrial detention.

The Portugal Brief 11 Jun 2026

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