The PSP's largest union, joined by GNR officers, opens a cycle of protests in seven cities, demanding pre-retirement, better pay and the rest of the 2024 agreement. Careers and working time are on Tuesday's agenda.
A transitional rule in the new cybersecurity law gave the 2023 decision 180 days, which run out on 30 September. The authorities have not said whether the required new security assessment exists.
Their association says the force has been starved since 2002, recruited no one from 2009 to 2015 and received four new boats in 17 years. It wants the Polícia Judiciária coordinating operations at sea.
A working group led by the PSP's private security department starts in early October and must deliver a proposal to replace the rules of Lei n.º 34/2013 by early April 2027, covering training, supervision, new technology and critical infrastructure.
General João Cartaxo Alves says the law is in final drafting and reaches Parliament this year. It will state the money, not the manufacturer, and the choice between three aircraft comes separately.
The supplement is aimed only at the PSP's air-border unit and the GNR's coastal and border unit. The ministry says it is meant to prevent a new degradation of the service, and the unions have not accepted it.
Parliament debated the 2025 internal security report on Wednesday. Luís Neves said he is open to adding a nationality column to the 2026 edition. The report itself shows that 838 of the 1,205 immigration-related occurrences sit in a heading it never itemises.
