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Seguro Returns Decreto 49/XVII to Parliament Tuesday Morning — Tribunal Constitucional Struck Down the Nationality-Loss Accessory Penalty Unanimously on Friday and Hugo Soares Signals PSD Will Not Force a Reconfirmation Override

Seguro Returns Decreto 49/XVII to Parliament Tuesday Morning — Tribunal Constitucional Struck Down the Nationality-Loss Accessory Penalty Unanimously on Friday and Hugo Soares Signals PSD Will Not Force a Reconfirmation Override

Seguro returned Decreto 49/XVII to Parliament on Tuesday under Article 279(1). The Tribunal Constitucional struck down the nationality-loss accessory penalty unanimously on Friday — the second TC defeat — and Hugo Soares has ruled out a PSD two-thirds override.
The Portugal Brief
Lei 45/2024 Tightening CGA Reinscription Walks Into Its Fourth Tribunal Constitucional Defeat — Procurador-Geral Pushes the File Into Abstract Successive Review, Acórdão 367/2026 Sets Up a Força-Geral-e-Obrigatória Strike-Down

Lei 45/2024 Tightening CGA Reinscription Walks Into Its Fourth Tribunal Constitucional Defeat — Procurador-Geral Pushes the File Into Abstract Successive Review, Acórdão 367/2026 Sets Up a Força-Geral-e-Obrigatória Strike-Down

Lei 45/2024 tightening CGA reinscription has drawn four Tribunal Constitucional unconstitutionality rulings. The Procurador-Geral filed for abstract successive review after the third; Acórdão 367/2026 of 21 April sets up a strike-down with força geral e obrigatória.
The Portugal Brief
TAP Has Until Wednesday 13 May to Defend Against Azul's €189 Million Action in the Tribunal de Lisboa — Brazilian Carrier Argues the 2016 Bond's Security Agreement Was Never Constituted, TAP SGPS Counters With a Suprimento Reclassification

TAP Has Until Wednesday 13 May to Defend Against Azul's €189 Million Action in the Tribunal de Lisboa — Brazilian Carrier Argues the 2016 Bond's Security Agreement Was Never Constituted, TAP SGPS Counters With a Suprimento Reclassification

TAP has until Wednesday 13 May to file its defence to Azul's €189 million civil action in the Tribunal da Comarca de Lisboa. The Brazilian carrier argues TAP never constituted the Security Agreement promised in the 2016 bond — a €90 million principal plus a decade of interest.
The Portugal Brief
EDP Refuses to Pay €335 Million in IRC and Imposto do Selo on the 2020 Douro Dam Sale to Engie — AT Closes Its Inspection Report 30 April, Helena Borges Holds a June Liquidation Target, Public Prosecutor Already Archived the Criminal File

EDP Refuses to Pay €335 Million in IRC and Imposto do Selo on the 2020 Douro Dam Sale to Engie — AT Closes Its Inspection Report 30 April, Helena Borges Holds a June Liquidation Target, Public Prosecutor Already Archived the Criminal File

EDP will not pay the €335 million the Autoridade Tributária has lined up over the 2020 sale of six Douro-basin dams to Engie. The IRC and Imposto do Selo bill follows a tax-inspection report closed on 30 April; EDP says it will fight the assessment in court.
The Portugal Brief
Mercado do Bolhão's Knife Sharpener Joins Portugal's National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage — André Fernandes, 37, Becomes the First Amolador Inscribed Under the SIPCI Framework

Mercado do Bolhão's Knife Sharpener Joins Portugal's National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage — André Fernandes, 37, Becomes the First Amolador Inscribed Under the SIPCI Framework

André Fernandes, the third-generation knife sharpener at Porto's Mercado do Bolhão, has had his candidacy accepted into the National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage — the first amolador inscribed under the SIPCI framework, with a museum on the long-range plan.
The Portugal Brief
FIA Reprimands ACP and Fines It a Suspended €15,000 Over the Arganil 2 Tow-Truck Incident at the Vodafone Rally de Portugal — Two Organisation Vehicles Entered the Live Stage Within 35 Minutes

FIA Reprimands ACP and Fines It a Suspended €15,000 Over the Arganil 2 Tow-Truck Incident at the Vodafone Rally de Portugal — Two Organisation Vehicles Entered the Live Stage Within 35 Minutes

FIA Stewards reprimanded the Automóvel Club de Portugal and applied a suspended €15,000 fine after two organisation vehicles entered the live SS7 Arganil 2 stage on Friday. The fine is suspended through 31 December 2027 contingent on no repeat of the same Article 12.2.1.h violation.
The Portugal Brief