The Government's progress report to Brussels lands a 16% completion rate on the 84 reform measures pledged under the European Semester — 13 finished, 8 delayed and the rest in progress. June's Commission evaluation will be the first hard policy-execution scorecard.
Maria da Graça Carvalho says the government will present 'very soon' a plan to substantially reduce Portugal's fossil-fuel dependency. With 80.7% of January electricity already renewable, the gap is transport and industry. ZAER zones are the lever — e-fuels the channel for ships and aviation.
Sunday Público interview: ex-Secretary of State for Science Pedro Sampaio Nunes calls Portugal's renewables-only energy plan 'insustentável' and pushes for four nuclear plants. Confirms exploratory talks with CNNC for two 1,200 MW reactors at €10 billion (~€4,000/kW) within six years.
Cert.pt logged 3,864 cybersecurity incidents in Portugal in 2025, up 40% on 2024, with about half exploiting the human factor through phishing and fraud. Internet Safety Line contacts rose 39% to 949, with 13% of victims being children or young people.
Violence against SNS healthcare professionals jumped 33% to a record 3,429 cases in 2025, with 60% psychological and 21% physical. Ordem dos Médicos warns the real figure is higher and points to the April 2025 law making assaults on healthcare workers public crimes.
Copernicus and the WMO confirm Europe is warming twice as fast as the global average, with 2025 logging 1.034 million hectares burned and 95% of the continent above the 1991-2020 mean. Portugal posted a fifth-hottest year and six heat waves, including a 16-day August stretch.
Carvalho told Parliament Friday all Vale Eficiência reimbursements will clear in 2026. By October 2025 the €234M programme had paid €3M to ~850 households against a 180,000-voucher target. New applications were frozen in February 2026 after RNAE called the design unworkable.
