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General Daily Briefing — Friday, 11 April 2026

In today's briefing: • Fosun Weighs Sale of 20 Per Cent Stake in BCP — Portugal's Largest Listed Bank Could Change Hands • Former PM Passos Coelho Wants to Return to Power, Says Senior PSD Figure • Easter Spending Jumps 16 Per Cent as MB WAY Payments Surge • 59,000 Pre-Approved Homes Never Got Bu...

The Portugal Brief 11 Apr 2026

Former PM Passos Coelho Wants to Return to Power, Says Ex-PSD Leader Negrão — Party Elections Set for May

Former Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho wants to return to the leadership of Portugal and has "a project for the country," according to Fernando Negrão, the former PSD parliamentary leader and ex-Justice Minister, speaking on Rádio Renascença's...

The Portugal Brief 11 Apr 2026

Fosun Weighs Sale of 20 Percent Stake in BCP as Chinese Conglomerate Seeks to Raise Cash

Chinese conglomerate Fosun International is weighing options for its 20.45 per cent stake in Banco Comercial Português (BCP), Portugal's largest listed bank, including a potential sale, according to a report by Expresso confirmed by Bloomberg and...

The Portugal Brief 11 Apr 2026

OECD Tells Portugal: Cut Taxes on Low Wages, Tax Property Instead — But No Government Wants to Do It

The OECD's latest economic review of Portugal lands with a challenge that is simultaneously obvious in its logic and treacherous in its politics: tax property more, tax wages less. The organisation's Fundamentals for Growth and Competitiveness 2026...

The Portugal Brief 10 Apr 2026

CGD Turns 150 — Montenegro Rules Out Privatisation as Economist Warns 'US Is No Longer the Safe Haven'

Portugal's largest bank turned 150 years old on Friday — and the occasion drew a prime minister, an economist with a pointed warning about the United States, and a quiet but firm declaration that one of Western Europe's last surviving state-owned...

The Portugal Brief 10 Apr 2026

Government Scraps Court of Auditors Prior Approval for 90% of Public Contracts — Watchdog Warns of Weakened Oversight

Portugal's Council of Ministers approved on Thursday a sweeping reform of the Tribunal de Contas — the country's supreme audit institution — that will exempt more than 90 percent of all public contracts from mandatory prior approval. The change...

The Portugal Brief 10 Apr 2026

Lisbon Airport Ranked Worst in Europe for Flight Punctuality — Only 49% of Departures Left on Time in 2025

Lisbon's Humberto Delgado Airport recorded the lowest departure punctuality rate of any major airport in Europe last year, with just 49 percent of flights leaving on time, according to Eurocontrol's 2025 annual performance review published this...

The Portugal Brief 10 Apr 2026

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