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Chega Pins the Reforma-65 Demand on a Written Compromisso From Montenegro Across the Concertação Social Calendar — Calendarised Pension-Age Reduction or 40-Year Carreira Contributiva as the Non-Negotiable Threshold

Chega Pins the Reforma-65 Demand on a Written Compromisso From Montenegro Across the Concertação Social Calendar — Calendarised Pension-Age Reduction or 40-Year Carreira Contributiva as the Non-Negotiable Threshold

Chega leader André Ventura will demand a written compromisso from PM Luís Montenegro fixing a calendar for lowering the Idade Normal de Acesso à Pensão de Velhice (Normal Retirement Age) to 65 or, alternatively, after a 40-year carreira contributiva (contribution career).
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CFP Flags the Pension Update Formula as Working in Only 10 of the Last 17 Years — €1.355 Billion in Extraordinary 2025 Top-Ups Underline the Drift From the Legal Mechanism

CFP Flags the Pension Update Formula as Working in Only 10 of the Last 17 Years — €1.355 Billion in Extraordinary 2025 Top-Ups Underline the Drift From the Legal Mechanism

The Conselho das Finanças Públicas (CFP) flags that Portugal's pension-update formula has been applied as the law sets out in only 10 of the past 17 years, with €1.355 billion in extraordinary measures layered on in 2025 alone. The drift is now a structural feature of the pension envelope.
The Portugal Brief
INE Posts Portugal's 2023-2025 Esperança de Vida à Nascença at 81.75 Years — Women at 84.21, Men at 78.99 and the At-65 Reading Hits 20.19 as Falling Mortality in the 60+ Bracket Carries the Triennium Step Up

INE Posts Portugal's 2023-2025 Esperança de Vida à Nascença at 81.75 Years — Women at 84.21, Men at 78.99 and the At-65 Reading Hits 20.19 as Falling Mortality in the 60+ Bracket Carries the Triennium Step Up

INE's 28 May 2026 Tábua de Mortalidade prints Portuguese esperança de vida à nascença at 81.75 years for 2023-2025 — women at 84.21, men at 78.99, and the at-65 figure at 20.19 years (women 21.55, men 18.43), with falling mortality in the 60+ bracket driving the triennium step up.
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