Sworn in on 9 March after winning 66.84 percent, he vetoed the public-buildings flags bill on 10 June, pressed the government on storm support, exam marking and fire prevention, and has still not said publicly whether Luis Neves should go.
No constitutional change without PS and PSD agreement, no touching pensions, an explanation of how post-PRR school and hospital investment gets financed, and an answer on the February storm support. Privatising health or social security is the red line beyond the list.
Eurostat's 8 September update puts Portugal fourth from the bottom of the EU27 on productivity growth per hour and fourth from the bottom on the level, at 66.7 percent of the European average. The measure that flatters Portugal is the one that ignores its 1,904-hour working year.
The council found Legionella pneumophila at the Estádio de Sobrado and Legionella spp at a school pavilion in Ermesinde, both during scheduled quarterly testing, with nobody reported ill. Which is precisely why, under Lei 52/2018, neither is legally an outbreak.
The Joint Research Centre's 2026 EDGAR release puts Portugal at 53.11 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2025, up 820,000 tonnes. Power generation and industrial burning account for 72 percent of the rise. The EU total fell 0.2 percent over the same year.
CIVISA raised the Furnas volcano to alert level V1 on Tuesday evening after a swarm that began at 11:47 and produced a magnitude 2.9 felt at intensity V in the village. Four volcanic systems on three islands are now at V1, and only this one has an expiry date.
Home Office data shows Skilled Worker grants to Portuguese nationals down 61 percent and Health and Care Worker grants down 77 percent in three years, while refusals fell and study visas held up.
