Parliament

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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

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.

13 May 2026

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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 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.

12 May 2026

Culture

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...

10 May 2026

Education

Parliament Approves the New RJIES — Polytechnics Become Polytechnic Universities, Rectors Are Elected by the Academic Community, and the Anti-Endogamy Lock Survives the Final Reading

The Assembleia da República approved the new Regime Jurídico das Instituições de Ensino Superior on Friday, closing a five-year reform cycle that the previous parliament had repeatedly opened and shelved. The vote pattern was the...

9 May 2026

Politics

PS Lays Down a Defence-Programming Law as Portugal's Path to 5% of GDP by 2035 Lands in São Bento — Marcos Perestrello Wants Parliament Inside the Loop on Every Procurement Decision

The Socialist Party has put a defence-programming bill on the parliamentary table that would expand the Assembleia da República's role in major defence procurement and personnel decisions, in direct response to the next ten years of NATO spending...

8 May 2026

Politics

Budget Committee Greenlights a Parpública Hearing on the State-Enterprise Profit Collapse — UTAO 6/2026 Reads 2025 Net Profits Down 98% Across 126 SEE Firms, From €480 Million to €11 Million, as PSD Blocks the Miranda Sarmento Summons

Parliament's Budget and Finance Committee approved a hearing of Parpública's chairman on the 98% collapse in 2025 state-enterprise profits — €480M to €11M across 126 firms — flagged in UTAO Report 6/2026. PSD blocked the parallel motion to summon Miranda Sarmento.

6 May 2026

Politics

Chega Files a Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito to the Operação Influencer on Monday — Ventura Wants António Costa and His Former Ministers Summoned After a New PJ Wiretap on the Sines Data Centre

Chega tables a comissão parlamentar de inquérito to the Operação Influencer on Monday 5 May. Ventura wants ex-PM Costa and his ministers summoned after a new PJ wiretap of a Christmas Eve 2022 call on the Sines data centre. Chega's 60 seats clear the one-fifth potestative threshold.

2 May 2026