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PSD and CDS-PP Pitch a 'Defender Portugal' Civic-Military Programme to Hand 18-23-Year-Olds €439.21 and a Free Driving Licence — A 3-to-6 Week Internato Aimed at the Forças Armadas' 24,500-Active-Personnel Recruitment Crisis

PSD and CDS-PP Pitch a 'Defender Portugal' Civic-Military Programme to Hand 18-23-Year-Olds €439.21 and a Free Driving Licence — A 3-to-6 Week Internato Aimed at the Forças Armadas' 24,500-Active-Personnel Recruitment Crisis

AD's parliamentary resolution would create a voluntary three-to-six-week 'Defender Portugal' programme for 18-23-year-olds — €439.21 stipend (50% of basic-instruction first-tier pay), free driving licence in military establishments. Aimed at Portugal's 24,500-active-personnel recruitment crisis.
The Portugal Brief
President Seguro Signs the New Nationality Law Into Force — Naturalisation for Non-EU Residents Doubles to 10 Years, CPLP and EU Citizens Move to 7, and Birth-Right Citizenship Tightens to a Five-Year Parental Residency Test

President Seguro Signs the New Nationality Law Into Force — Naturalisation for Non-EU Residents Doubles to 10 Years, CPLP and EU Citizens Move to 7, and Birth-Right Citizenship Tightens to a Five-Year Parental Residency Test

President Seguro signed the new Lei da Nacionalidade on 3 May 2026, doubling naturalisation residency to 10 years for non-EU/CPLP applicants, raising it to 7 years for EU and CPLP citizens, and tightening birth-right citizenship to a 5-year parental residency test.
The Portugal Brief
Carlos Moedas's Câmara Books €75,000 of Public Money for Sunday's Chic-Nic at Parque Eduardo VII — €150-€300 Tickets, Wicker Baskets and a Marquês de Pombal Stage Open the Lisbon City-Image Debate Wide Open

Carlos Moedas's Câmara Books €75,000 of Public Money for Sunday's Chic-Nic at Parque Eduardo VII — €150-€300 Tickets, Wicker Baskets and a Marquês de Pombal Stage Open the Lisbon City-Image Debate Wide Open

Lisbon's Câmara has put €75,000 of municipal money into Sunday's Chic-Nic at Parque Eduardo VII — a €150-€300-per-head upscale picnic with red-and-white tablecloths, wicker baskets and a Marquês de Pombal stage. The event has reopened the Lisbon city-image debate.
The Portugal Brief