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Banco Português de Fomento and Spain's ICO Pen a Cross-Border Habitação Social Memorandum at Castro Almeida's Madrid Stop — Affordable-Rental, SME-Guarantee and Internationalisation Stack Extends the 6 March Cimeira Iberian Declaration

Banco Português de Fomento and Spain's ICO Pen a Cross-Border Habitação Social Memorandum at Castro Almeida's Madrid Stop — Affordable-Rental, SME-Guarantee and Internationalisation Stack Extends the 6 March Cimeira Iberian Declaration

Banco Português de Fomento and Spain's ICO sign a four-pillar memorandum in Madrid on 18 June 2026 — habitação social, affordable rental, credit-risk model harmonisation, SME guarantees and internationalisation — under the 6 March Cimeira Luso-Espanhola declaration.
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Nuno Melo Walks Into the Brussels Defence Ministers Meeting on Tuesday 12 May Saying He Is 'Tendentially Against' a European Army — Portugal Lines Up With the NATO-Pillar Camp Against the Spanish Push for an EU Force

Nuno Melo Walks Into the Brussels Defence Ministers Meeting on Tuesday 12 May Saying He Is 'Tendentially Against' a European Army — Portugal Lines Up With the NATO-Pillar Camp Against the Spanish Push for an EU Force

Defence Minister Nuno Melo told reporters at the EU defence ministers meeting in Brussels on Tuesday 12 May 2026 that he is 'tendentially against' a European army, lining Portugal up behind a strengthened NATO European pillar instead of the Spanish push for an autonomous EU force.
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