The Constitutional Court's plenary decided cases 975/25 and 743/26 on 3 November. The Prime Minister's office says the judges again did not rule on the substance, and that all his declarations are already public.
The Plenário do Tribunal Constitucional met at Palácio Ratton on 15 June 2026 and elected João Carlos Loureiro as President and Rui Guerra da Fonseca as Vice-President. The 2023 cooptação pair succeed José João Abrantes, who resigned in March 2026.
Friday's Assembleia da República vote seated four new Tribunal Constitucional judges from a joint PSD-Chega-PS list — Chega lands its first-ever Tribunal seat. The partisan-math shift will play out across the Lei dos Estrangeiros, pensions and Lei de Bases da Saúde dossiers for nine years.
The Tribunal Constitucional (TC, Constitutional Court) has come down on the side of the contribuinte (taxpayer) in the long-running dispute over who is liable for the Imposto Único de Circulação (IUC, Unique Circulation Tax) when a vehicle has been...
PSD, PS and Chega filed a joint four-judge list for the Tribunal Constitucional on Saturday 30 May ahead of the 12 June plenary vote. Joaquim Cardoso da Costa, Paula Ribeiro Faria, Gabriela Cunha Rodrigues and Luís Filipe Brites Lameiras — Chega's first seat on the court.
The president of the Assembleia da República, José Manuel Pita Ágoas-Branco — known on the floor by his shortened name Aguiar-Branco — instructed the three parliamentary blocs negotiating the next round of Tribunal Constitucional appointments to...
TC president José João Abrantes formally renounced the office on Tuesday 12 May 2026, citing 'exclusively personal and institutional reasons'. The resignation takes effect when his successor is sworn in. Parliament now owes four judge elections under the 7 April PSD-Chega-PS framework.
