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Council of Ministers Greenlights the Prestação Social Única — 13 Solidarity Supports Fold Into a Single Means Test on 29 May and a Trabalho Social Counterpart Anchors the €500 Million PRR Window for August

Council of Ministers Greenlights the Prestação Social Única — 13 Solidarity Supports Fold Into a Single Means Test on 29 May and a Trabalho Social Counterpart Anchors the €500 Million PRR Window for August

Council of Ministers approves the Prestação Social Única on 29 May 2026: 13 solidarity supports merge under one means test, a trabalho social counterpart hits active-age beneficiaries and the €500M PRR tranche depends on the diploma entering force by end of August.
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PJ Sweeps PS Câmaras, Juntas and the Largo do Rato HQ on Thursday 28 May — 400 Inspectors and Seven DIAP Lisboa Prosecutors Move on 37 Arguidos, Five Detentions and the Santa Maria Maior Junta of Miguel Coelho on Prevaricação Charges

PJ Sweeps PS Câmaras, Juntas and the Largo do Rato HQ on Thursday 28 May — 400 Inspectors and Seven DIAP Lisboa Prosecutors Move on 37 Arguidos, Five Detentions and the Santa Maria Maior Junta of Miguel Coelho on Prevaricação Charges

Roughly 400 PJ inspectors and seven DIAP Lisboa prosecutors moved on PS câmaras, juntas and the Largo do Rato HQ on 28 May — 60 home and 32 non-residential search warrants in Lisbon, Mafra, Oeiras and Coimbra, 37 arguidos and the Santa Maria Maior junta on the charge sheet.
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CGTP Sounds the Wednesday 3 June Greve Geral One Week Out — CP Trains, TAP Cabin Crew, Autoeuropa Workers and Frente Comum Sign On as Rosário Palma Ramalho's 12-Proposition Labour Reform Sidelines the Confederation

CGTP Sounds the Wednesday 3 June Greve Geral One Week Out — CP Trains, TAP Cabin Crew, Autoeuropa Workers and Frente Comum Sign On as Rosário Palma Ramalho's 12-Proposition Labour Reform Sidelines the Confederation

Seven days out from the Wednesday 3 June greve geral, the CGTP's adhesion list has lengthened to CP rail, TAP cabin crew, Autoeuropa workers, AIMA mediators and Frente Comum — the most broadly subscribed labour stoppage Portugal has lined up in more than a decade.
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Statue of Justice with scales — Conselho Superior da Magistratura warns on forced-sale reform.

Conselho Superior da Magistratura Faults the Government's Heranças Indivisas Reform as a Potential 'New Source of Judicial Litigiousness' — Two-Year Forced-Sale Trigger Heads to Parliament Without Norm-by-Norm Clarification

The Conselho Superior da Magistratura (CSM) has handed down a critical parecer on the Government's proposal to overhaul the heranças indivisas regime, warning that the bill — designed to unblock estates stuck for years between disagreeing heirs —...
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Portugal Joins the 16-Member Amigos da Coesão Letter Pressing Brussels for a Slower Next Generation EU Repayment and Fresh Joint Debt Issuance — Coalition Defends the N+3 Rule, 85% CEF Co-Financing and GNI-Rebate Elimination

Portugal Joins the 16-Member Amigos da Coesão Letter Pressing Brussels for a Slower Next Generation EU Repayment and Fresh Joint Debt Issuance — Coalition Defends the N+3 Rule, 85% CEF Co-Financing and GNI-Rebate Elimination

Portugal has signed a joint letter with 15 other European Union member states — the Amigos da Coesão coalition — pressing the European Commission for a slower repayment schedule on the Next Generation EU borrowing programme and for a new round of...
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