The Government made no counter-offer on 2027 pay or the meal allowance and will reply in early November. The 2.3 percent rise agreed with FESAP and STE stands for now. No strike has been called; the Frente Comum decides its next step on 27 October.
José Luís Carneiro says the 2027 budget deserved a no vote but the PS will abstain to avoid a political crisis. With 91 government seats against at most 81, it should clear the general vote on 27 and 28 October; the final vote is on 24 November.
The National Council approved a direct election on 31 October and a convention on 20 to 22 November. Ventura is standing again, nominations close Monday, and the party still runs on its 2019 statutes.
The government meets the three union groups days after a national strike and before Friday's budget. Two of them signed January's multi-year deal and now want it reopened.
The regulator's draft has been with the government since June and would need a law. Shares, bonds and ETFs from across the OECD would qualify; retirement plans and crypto would not.
The reference value of the Solidarity Supplement for the Elderly goes up 50 euros in the 2027 budget. What it means for a low-income pensioner, and why the government's 870 euro target for 2029 now needs bigger steps.
Finance Minister Joaquim Miranda Sarmento told the DN annual conference on 15 June 2026 that the 2027 IRS-cut decision will depend on the próximos-meses macro and public-accounts read, with the €40,000 marginal-rate compression and the 2028 derrama-estadual carve-out on the calendar.
