Politics

José Luís Carneiro has met Luís Montenegro to open the OE2027 negotiation, demanding the PSD rule out a constitutional revision with Chega, leave pensions and the Health Basic Law untouched, and deliver on storm recovery — while insisting the PS vote remains 'open'.

The government has dropped its pledge to bring in a new Local Finance Law by 2027, with Prime Minister Montenegro calling the target unrealistic. A working group set up in April has met twelve times but fixed no date, leaving 308 municipalities funded by a decade-old 2013 formula as local elections