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Palácio de São Bento, seat of the Assembleia da República in Lisbon, where Maria do Rosário Palma Ramalho defended the Prestação Social Única reform before the parliamentary Labour Committee.

Maria do Rosário Palma Ramalho Pulls the Código das Prestações Sociais From the PRR Reform Track — €5.193 Billion Final Tranche Now Pivots on the 13-Benefit Prestação Social Única Alone

The Ministry of Labour has dropped the Código das Prestações Sociais from the PRR's Social Security milestone, leaving the Prestação Social Única as the sole gate to the €5.193 billion final tranche — Palma Ramalho cited a 63-month RSI duration before parliament on Friday.

Driver's view of a car steering wheel and dashboard — illustrative of driving in Portugal under an exchanged licence.

Exchanging Your Foreign Driving Licence in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the EU/EEA 60-Day Registration, the OECD/CPLP Two-Year Exchange Window, the Convention-Signatory 90-Day Grace and the €30 IMT Online Portal

A practical guide to the IMT process for exchanging a foreign driving licence in Portugal in 2026 — the EU/EEA 60-day registration, the OECD/CPLP two-year exchange window with no test, the convention 90-day grace and the €30 'A Minha Carta de Condução' portal flow.

OECD Taxing Wages 2026 Lands With Portugal Among the Eleven Economies Where Labour Tax Fell — Average-Wage Wedge Drops to 39.3% After a Second Round of IRS Reform

OECD Taxing Wages 2026 Lands With Portugal Among the Eleven Economies Where Labour Tax Fell — Average-Wage Wedge Drops to 39.3% After a Second Round of IRS Reform

The OECD's Taxing Wages 2026 report, released 22 April, puts Portugal's single-worker labour tax wedge at 39.3% for 2025 — down a third consecutive year from 41.1% in 2023. Portugal is one of only 11 OECD economies where the wedge fell in 2025, against an OECD mean of 35.1% and an EU mean of 41.7%.

Portugal's Healthcare Paradox: Top-Tier Life Expectancy, Bottom-Tier Satisfaction and Nurse Ratios in OECD 2025 Benchmark

Portugal's Healthcare Paradox: Top-Tier Life Expectancy, Bottom-Tier Satisfaction and Nurse Ratios in OECD 2025 Benchmark

OECD Health at a Glance 2025 gives Portugal a split verdict: longer lives and lower preventable mortality than the OECD average, but fewer nurses, less prevention spend, worse acute-care survival, and 58 per cent satisfaction with care.