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Trabalho XXI Closes Nine Months of Concertação Social Without an Agreement — Rosário Palma Ramalho Walks the Anteprojeto Into Parliament as the CGTP's 3 June General Strike Loads

Trabalho XXI Closes Nine Months of Concertação Social Without an Agreement — Rosário Palma Ramalho Walks the Anteprojeto Into Parliament as the CGTP's 3 June General Strike Loads

Nine months of negotiations on Portugal's Trabalho XXI labour package ended on Wednesday evening without a tripartite signature. Minister Rosário Palma Ramalho will now hand the anteprojeto to Parliament, with the CGTP's 3 June general strike already on the calendar.

The Portugal Brief 08 May 2026

More Than 500 Golden Visa Holders Prepare a Collective Lawsuit Against the Portuguese State Over the New Nationality Law — Liberty Legal, Fresh Portugal and Prime Legal Argue Breach of Legitimate Expectations as the Five-Year Path Doubles to Ten

More Than 500 Golden Visa Holders Prepare a Collective Lawsuit Against the Portuguese State Over the New Nationality Law — Liberty Legal, Fresh Portugal and Prime Legal Argue Breach of Legitimate Expectations as the Five-Year Path Doubles to Ten

More than 500 ARI holders, most of them North American, are coordinating a class action against the Portuguese State after the new Nationality Law pushed the citizenship clock from a five-year submission count to a ten-year residence-card count. Liberty Legal, Fresh Portugal and Prime Legal lead.

The Portugal Brief 08 May 2026

General Daily Briefing — Friday, 8 May 2026

General Daily Briefing — Friday, 8 May 2026

The latest Portugal news, analysis, and what it means for expats and residents.

The Portugal Brief 08 May 2026

AIMA Closes the Backdoor — Foreign Students Will Now Need a Consular Study Visa Before Enrolling in Portuguese Schools, Replacing the Post-Enrolment Residence-Permit Path

AIMA Closes the Backdoor — Foreign Students Will Now Need a Consular Study Visa Before Enrolling in Portuguese Schools, Replacing the Post-Enrolment Residence-Permit Path

Portugal will require a consular-issued study residence visa from foreign nationals before they can enrol in Portuguese educational institutions, closing the post-enrolment residence-permit path that has been the practical entry route for tens of...

The Portugal Brief 08 May 2026

PS Lays Down a Defence-Programming Law as Portugal's Path to 5% of GDP by 2035 Lands in São Bento — Marcos Perestrello Wants Parliament Inside the Loop on Every Procurement Decision

PS Lays Down a Defence-Programming Law as Portugal's Path to 5% of GDP by 2035 Lands in São Bento — Marcos Perestrello Wants Parliament Inside the Loop on Every Procurement Decision

The Socialist Party has put a defence-programming bill on the parliamentary table that would expand the Assembleia da República's role in major defence procurement and personnel decisions, in direct response to the next ten years of NATO spending...

The Portugal Brief 08 May 2026

Fuel Retailers Signal a 5-6 Cêntimos Diesel Drop Next Week as Brent Cracks Below $100 — but the Hormuz Tape Could Reverse It Inside Twenty-Four Hours

Fuel Retailers Signal a 5-6 Cêntimos Diesel Drop Next Week as Brent Cracks Below $100 — but the Hormuz Tape Could Reverse It Inside Twenty-Four Hours

Portugal's fuel-retailer association is signalling a 5 to 6 cêntimos per litre cut to diesel pump prices for the week starting 12 May, with simple gasoline expected to hold flat. The forecast tracks the Brent benchmark, which has dropped below $100...

The Portugal Brief 08 May 2026

IEA's Friday Portugal Report Says the 85% Renewables Power Mix Has Not Spilled Into Transport, Industry or Buildings — and Calls for Used-EV Subsidies for Low-Income Households

IEA's Friday Portugal Report Says the 85% Renewables Power Mix Has Not Spilled Into Transport, Industry or Buildings — and Calls for Used-EV Subsidies for Low-Income Households

The International Energy Agency's Friday country review of Portugal lands a much harder verdict on the country's energy transition than the headline 85% renewables-in-electricity figure would suggest. Released on 8 May 2026, the report says Portugal...

The Portugal Brief 08 May 2026

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