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Conselho das Finanças Públicas Books PRR Execution at 45% by End-2025 — One Year From the Closing Window, Sub-Execution Pressures the 2026 Budget as Brussels Already Trimmed Growth to 1.7%

Conselho das Finanças Públicas Books PRR Execution at 45% by End-2025 — One Year From the Closing Window, Sub-Execution Pressures the 2026 Budget as Brussels Already Trimmed Growth to 1.7%

The Conselho das Finanças Públicas reads PRR execution at 45% by end-2025 — twelve months from the closing window, with the gap pressuring the 2026 OE on top of Brussels's 1.7% growth trim and the storm-cluster damage envelope.

Banco de Portugal Storm-Cluster Moratoria Cover €1.063 Billion of Household and Corporate Loans — 5,613 Families and 1,243 Businesses Cleared the 28 January–28 April Window Before the Government Extended the Measure to April 2027

Banco de Portugal Storm-Cluster Moratoria Cover €1.063 Billion of Household and Corporate Loans — 5,613 Families and 1,243 Businesses Cleared the 28 January–28 April Window Before the Government Extended the Measure to April 2027

Banco de Portugal counts 1,243 corporates and 5,613 households inside the first three-month storm-cluster moratorium — 95.1% of household stock is mortgage credit and 92.8% of corporate stock sits with SMEs, with the measure now extended to April 2027.

Aximage Barómetro Reads PS Roughly Ten Points Clear of the Governing AD in May — Chega Edges Past PSD-CDS Into Second at 23.5% as the Coalition Sheds 8.6 Points Off Its 2025 Legislativas Result

Aximage Barómetro Reads PS Roughly Ten Points Clear of the Governing AD in May — Chega Edges Past PSD-CDS Into Second at 23.5% as the Coalition Sheds 8.6 Points Off Its 2025 Legislativas Result

The May Aximage barómetro for Diário de Notícias puts the PS roughly ten percentage points ahead of the PSD/CDS-PP coalition, with Chega — at 23.5% — overtaking the governing AD for second place. The lead exceeds the 4.4% margin of error.