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Brazil's Electoral Court Sets a 6 May Cutoff for Brazilians Living in Portugal — Lisbon's 45,000-Voter College Has Ten Days to Justify Abstentions, Transfer Registrations, and Save Their Passport Renewals

Brazil's Electoral Court Sets a 6 May Cutoff for Brazilians Living in Portugal — Lisbon's 45,000-Voter College Has Ten Days to Justify Abstentions, Transfer Registrations, and Save Their Passport Renewals

Brazil's TSE has set 6 May 2026 as the cut-off for Brazilians abroad to regularise their electoral file before October's presidential election. Lisbon hosts Europe's largest Brazilian electoral college (45,273 voters in 2022). No quitação eleitoral, no passport renewal.
The Portugal Brief
Tribunal Constitucional Annuls Daniel Adrião's Expulsion From the PS — Court Calls the Comissão Nacional de Jurisdição's 2025 Decision 'Illegal' and the Former Leadership Candidate Demands a Public Apology From José Luís Carneiro

Tribunal Constitucional Annuls Daniel Adrião's Expulsion From the PS — Court Calls the Comissão Nacional de Jurisdição's 2025 Decision 'Illegal' and the Former Leadership Candidate Demands a Public Apology From José Luís Carneiro

On 25 April the Tribunal Constitucional annulled Daniel Adrião's expulsion from the PS as illegal. The former leadership candidate asked José Luís Carneiro for readmission and a public apology — setting a precedent for autárquica-related disciplinary cases.
The Portugal Brief
Parliament's Blackout Working Group Says CORGOV Is Beyond Its Reach — Confidentiality Wall Stops MPs Scrutinising the Government's Crisis-Response Cell on the Eve of the One-Year Anniversary

Parliament's Blackout Working Group Says CORGOV Is Beyond Its Reach — Confidentiality Wall Stops MPs Scrutinising the Government's Crisis-Response Cell on the Eve of the One-Year Anniversary

Parliament's apagão working group finalised a draft report this weekend that admits CORGOV — the Government's new crisis-response cell created after the 28 April 2025 blackout — is beyond MPs' reach because of confidentiality. The vote lands Tuesday, exactly one year after the lights went out.
The Portugal Brief