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Livre and Bloco de Esquerda File Parallel PSU Alternatives Stripping the Trabalho Social Clause and Pegging the Reference to the Limiar de Pobreza Rather Than the €537.13 IAS — €620 Million PRR Tranche on the End-August Clock

Livre and Bloco de Esquerda File Parallel PSU Alternatives Stripping the Trabalho Social Clause and Pegging the Reference to the Limiar de Pobreza Rather Than the €537.13 IAS — €620 Million PRR Tranche on the End-August Clock

Livre and the Bloco de Esquerda tabled separate alternative texts to the Government's Prestação Social Única (Unified Social Benefit, PSU) at the Assembleia da República (Parliament) on Monday 8 June, with both parties stripping out the trabalho...
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Filipa Calvão Hands Parliament a 'Verdadeiramente Inconstitucional' Parecer on the Tribunal de Contas Reform Bill on Thursday 14 May — Permanent Commission Says the €10 Million Visto Prévio Carve-Out Opens 'Zonas de Vazio' for Corruption

Filipa Calvão Hands Parliament a 'Verdadeiramente Inconstitucional' Parecer on the Tribunal de Contas Reform Bill on Thursday 14 May — Permanent Commission Says the €10 Million Visto Prévio Carve-Out Opens 'Zonas de Vazio' for Corruption

Thursday 14 May 2026: Tribunal de Contas Comissão Permanente parecer brands the Government's TdC reform bill 'verdadeiramente inconstitucional'; the €10 million visto-prévio carve-out halves external control from €10 bn to €5 bn and opens 'zonas de vazio' for corruption. Debate opens 20 May.
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Conselho de Ministros Walks the Trabalho XXI Labour-Reform Bill Out of Concertação Social and Into Parliament on Thursday 14 May — Palma Ramalho's July Draft Anchors the Final Text After Nine Months of Talks Collapse Without UGT Agreement

Conselho de Ministros Walks the Trabalho XXI Labour-Reform Bill Out of Concertação Social and Into Parliament on Thursday 14 May — Palma Ramalho's July Draft Anchors the Final Text After Nine Months of Talks Collapse Without UGT Agreement

The Conselho de Ministros approved on Thursday 14 May 2026 — at the 09:30 weekly meeting at the official residence in Lisbon — the proposta de lei that converts the government's nine-month Trabalho XXI exercise into the bill that now goes to...
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AIMA Mission-Structure Walks 385,000 New Immigrant Files to Deferimento — Leitão Amaro Reads Parliament 933,000 Notifications, 568,000 Atendimentos and 458,000 Residence Cards Across Manifestação de Interesse, CPLP and the Regime Transitório

AIMA Mission-Structure Walks 385,000 New Immigrant Files to Deferimento — Leitão Amaro Reads Parliament 933,000 Notifications, 568,000 Atendimentos and 458,000 Residence Cards Across Manifestação de Interesse, CPLP and the Regime Transitório

Leitão Amaro told parliament Wednesday the AIMA mission-structure has deferred about 385,000 new immigrant files since June 2024 — 933,000 notifications, 568,000 atendimentos, 525,000 decisões, 51,622 indeferimentos and 458,000 cartões de residência. 98% of MI and 95% of CPLP cleared.
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