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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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PS Aligns With PSD to Kill Chega's Constitutional Revision Push on Tuesday 12 May — Socialist Secretariado Nacional Says the Portuguese 'Do Not Ask for a Constitutional Revision' Inside the 30-Day Counter-Project Window

PS Aligns With PSD to Kill Chega's Constitutional Revision Push on Tuesday 12 May — Socialist Secretariado Nacional Says the Portuguese 'Do Not Ask for a Constitutional Revision' Inside the 30-Day Counter-Project Window

Tuesday 12 May 2026: the PS Secretariado Nacional formally rules out tabling a constitutional revision project. PSD's António Rodrigues told TSF the party will block Chega's proposals. Without either, the 154-vote two-thirds threshold under Article 286 is mathematically out of reach.
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Lusa Workers Walk a 24-Hour National Strike on Wednesday 20 May 2026 — SJ, SITESE and SITE CSRA Concentrate at São Bento as Parliament Debates the Estatuto Revision, the Move-to-RTP-Campus File and the Governmentalisation Risk

Lusa Workers Walk a 24-Hour National Strike on Wednesday 20 May 2026 — SJ, SITESE and SITE CSRA Concentrate at São Bento as Parliament Debates the Estatuto Revision, the Move-to-RTP-Campus File and the Governmentalisation Risk

Lusa workers approve a 24-hour national strike for Wednesday 20 May 2026 with a concentration at São Bento — timed to the parliamentary Estatuto-revision debate. SJ, SITESE and SITE CSRA flag governmentalisation risk and the possible relocation of Lusa's headquarters to the RTP campus.
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Parliament Approves the New Cultural Patronage Regime on Friday — Base IRC Deduction Lifted from 0.8% to 1% of Turnover, 130% Donation Multiplier Survives, and a New €60,000 Tax Credit Lands for Living-Artist Acquisitions

Parliament Approves the New Cultural Patronage Regime on Friday — Base IRC Deduction Lifted from 0.8% to 1% of Turnover, 130% Donation Multiplier Survives, and a New €60,000 Tax Credit Lands for Living-Artist Acquisitions

The Assembleia da República approved the new cultural-patronage regime on Friday, 9 May 2026, closing a reform negotiation between the Government and the PS that had been running through the year. The vote passed with PSD, CDS-PP, PS, Iniciativa...
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