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The Palácio de São Bento in Lisbon — seat of the Assembleia da República, where the PS-Chega-AD parliamentary balance tested by the June 2026 Intercampus barometer plays out.

Intercampus Tags PS at 24.3% Ahead of Chega's 20.3% as AD Drops 3.4 Points to 19.5% — Medialivre's June Barometer Reads Carneiro at 33.8% on the Prime-Minister Preference Cut Against Montenegro's 22.3% and Ventura's 22.2%

Intercampus's June barometer for Medialivre puts PS on 24.3%, Chega on 20.3% and the PSD/CDS-anchored AD coalition on 19.5% — a 3.4-point AD drop that lifts José Luís Carneiro to 33.8% on the prime-minister preference cut, ahead of Luís Montenegro (22.3%) and André Ventura (22.2%).
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CGTP Buses Algarve Workers Into Lisbon for the 13:30 São Bento Rally Against Trabalho XXI — 100+ Código do Trabalho Articles Ease Dismissals, Widen Subcontracting and Harden the Strike Minimum-Service Frame Ahead of Friday's Vote

CGTP Buses Algarve Workers Into Lisbon for the 13:30 São Bento Rally Against Trabalho XXI — 100+ Código do Trabalho Articles Ease Dismissals, Widen Subcontracting and Harden the Strike Minimum-Service Frame Ahead of Friday's Vote

Algarve, Alentejo and Norte locals are busing into Lisbon for CGTP's 13:30 rally outside the Assembleia da República, the last public push before Friday's parliamentary vote on Trabalho XXI — a 100-plus-article rewrite of the Código do Trabalho.
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Nuno Melo Joins the Brussels NATO Defence Ministerial Ahead of the Hague Summit — €6.12 Billion 2025 Spend Lands the 2% GDP Bar Four Years Early as the €5.8 Billion SAFE Loan Application Frames the Frigate-Armour-Satellite-Drone Stack to 2030

Nuno Melo Joins the Brussels NATO Defence Ministerial Ahead of the Hague Summit — €6.12 Billion 2025 Spend Lands the 2% GDP Bar Four Years Early as the €5.8 Billion SAFE Loan Application Frames the Frigate-Armour-Satellite-Drone Stack to 2030

Defence Minister Nuno Melo lands in Brussels for the 18 June NATO Defence Ministerial with Portugal's 2025 spending at €6.12 billion (2% of GDP) — four years ahead of schedule — and a €5.8 billion SAFE-loan file covering frigates, armour, satellites and drones through 2030.
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Palácio de São Bento, the Portuguese Parliament, Lisbon

Luís Neves Rebuffs Super-Esquadra Model at Wednesday's Parliamentary Debate — PSP Reorganisation Frees Roughly 500 Agents for Street Patrol and 360 Airport Reinforcements Hit the Tarmac From 3 July as Rato Torture Probe Accelerates Closure Roadmap

Interior Minister Luís Neves told Parliament on 17 June the PSP reorganisation under review in Lisbon, Porto and Setúbal redeploys ~500 agents to street patrol — no super-esquadras — and 360 extra officers reinforce airports from 3 July as the Rato torture probe accelerates the closure roadmap.
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PS Hauls Ministro da Presidência Leitão Amaro to Parliament Over Lei 23/2026 Mecanismo de Continuidade Territorial — Accuses Government of 'Trumpismo' Eight Days Into the New Subsídio de Mobilidade Regime

PS Hauls Ministro da Presidência Leitão Amaro to Parliament Over Lei 23/2026 Mecanismo de Continuidade Territorial — Accuses Government of 'Trumpismo' Eight Days Into the New Subsídio de Mobilidade Regime

PS filed an Assembleia da República hearing request for Ministro da Presidência António Leitão Amaro on 14 June over Lei 23/2026 — the Mecanismo de Continuidade Territorial — accusing the Government of 'trumpismo' for backtracking on the no-ceiling air-subsidy rule eight days into the new regime.
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