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INE's Detailed Q1 2026 Contas Nacionais Trimestrais Decompose the +0.2% QoQ Print Across Investment, Net Exports and Private Consumption — How the Public-Sector Wage Adjustment, the Pacote Defesa Profile and the IRC-Cut Glide Path Read

INE's Detailed Q1 2026 Contas Nacionais Trimestrais Decompose the +0.2% QoQ Print Across Investment, Net Exports and Private Consumption — How the Public-Sector Wage Adjustment, the Pacote Defesa Profile and the IRC-Cut Glide Path Read

INE's detailed Q1 2026 Contas Nacionais Trimestrais (Quarterly National Accounts) decompose the +0.2% QoQ / +1.7% YoY print across investment, net exports, private consumption and the public-sector wage adjustment — with the Pacote Defesa profile and the IRC-cut glide path framing the H2 read.
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Lei 23/2026 Rebuilds the Subsídio Social de Mobilidade Around Residency Tiers and a Pre-Authorisation Cap — How the New Mecanismo de Continuidade Territorial Reroutes Açores and Madeira Air Travel

Lei 23/2026 Rebuilds the Subsídio Social de Mobilidade Around Residency Tiers and a Pre-Authorisation Cap — How the New Mecanismo de Continuidade Territorial Reroutes Açores and Madeira Air Travel

Lei n.º 23/2026 (in force since 8 June) replaces the Subsídio Social de Mobilidade ex-post reimbursement with a four-tier residency matrix, a pre-authorisation cap routed through the new DSCT, and a €185M-2026 / €198M-2027 envelope. The eight-day operational tape has surfaced four friction points.
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ANA Cues the Aeroporto Luís de Camões Technical Report for 16 July Submission — Concession-Extension Ask Stretches Toward 2092 and Tarifas Aeroportuárias Lift From 2026 Frame the €8.5 Billion Stack

ANA Cues the Aeroporto Luís de Camões Technical Report for 16 July Submission — Concession-Extension Ask Stretches Toward 2092 and Tarifas Aeroportuárias Lift From 2026 Frame the €8.5 Billion Stack

ANA cues the Aeroporto Luís de Camões Technical Report for 16 July Conselho de Ministros submission with the EIA in the same window — €8.5 billion build, 2037 commissioning, concession-extension ask to 2092 and tarifas aeroportuárias lift from 2026 frame the stack.
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Capital Markets Day Eve Stacks the Portuguese Banking Consolidation Map — Novobanco IPO Window, BCP €407.46 Million Buyback Cycle and CGD State-Listing Chatter Set the PSI Top-Tier Tape Heading Into Monday

Capital Markets Day Eve Stacks the Portuguese Banking Consolidation Map — Novobanco IPO Window, BCP €407.46 Million Buyback Cycle and CGD State-Listing Chatter Set the PSI Top-Tier Tape Heading Into Monday

Euronext Lisbon's Capital Markets Day opens Monday with Sarmento anchoring the keynote — Novobanco IPO window, BCP €407.46 million buyback cycle and CGD state-listing chatter stack into the tightest Portuguese banking consolidation map since the 2014 BES resolution.
The Portugal Brief
MadoquaPower2X Anchors Sines's €2.8 Billion Green-Hydrogen Bet Toward a 2029 Production Start — Hytlantic FID and Neogreen €1 Billion Site Wait on the Mercado de Hidrogénio Regulatory Framework

MadoquaPower2X Anchors Sines's €2.8 Billion Green-Hydrogen Bet Toward a 2029 Production Start — Hytlantic FID and Neogreen €1 Billion Site Wait on the Mercado de Hidrogénio Regulatory Framework

MadoquaPower2X's €2.8B Sines green-hydrogen and green-ammonia complex anchors a Portuguese cluster now above €3B with Neogreen and Hytlantic in the pipeline. Construction starts 2027, production 2029 — with Hytlantic FID conditioned on the mercado de hidrogénio regulatory framework.
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