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Chega joined the entire left bench to reject the Trabalho XXI labour reform in Friday's generalidade vote, defeating Prime Minister Luís Montenegro's flagship Código do Trabalho rewrite. Only PSD, CDS-PP and IL voted in favour.
Câmara Municipal de Lisboa cleared the antigo Cinema Paris demolição on 17 June with a PSD/CDS-PP/IL/Chega majority, replacing the 952 m² Estrela lot — vacant since 1985 — with a 5,723 m² build housing 19 fogos plus a commercial unit, with no controlled-cost obligation attached.
DCIAP's 18 June accusation charges nine Movimento Armilar Lusitano members with terrorist organisation; Lisbon Municipal Police agent Bruno Gonçalves identified as recruiter who fed PM Montenegro's Estrela address into the cell, which discussed throwing a grenade into the apartment.
The Portuguese government walked into the 19 June 2026 plenary debate on the Trabalho XXI (Labour XXI) reform of the Código do Trabalho (Labour Code) treating Saturday's floor vote as already won. Hugo Soares, leader of the parliamentary bench of...
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%).
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.
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.
