Public bodies added 675.8 million euros of extra works to their largest contracts in three years, 562 million net of cuts, the Court of Auditors says. Infraestruturas de Portugal added 48.6 percent; 2025 was the highest year since 2006.
The cabinet has rescheduled the Red Line extension's 405.4 million euros, now to be paid by Metro loans from the EIB and Sustentável 2030 after it left the PRR. Why the Court of Auditors has held up the works, and what comes next.
The new Court of Auditors law passed its final vote with PSD, CDS and IL in favour. Prior clearance now starts at 7.5 million euros, not 750,000, with more checks after the fact. The decree goes to the President, who can ask the Constitutional Court to review it.
The Court of Auditors' first look at the IFICI tax regime finds most users are foreign managers and IT specialists in Lisbon, and flags four ways it could be abused.
The court could not certify the 2025 accounts, which still lack consolidated statements. It makes 57 recommendations and flags pensions, tax debt and EU funds.
The newly published ruling says the Central Alentejo health unit signed a deal with ATRYS without the studies and approvals a public-private partnership needs. Évora's unit has been shut since 1 June.
German turnaround fund Mutares has appointed JPMorgan Chase to advise on the next chapter of its Portuguese engineering portfolio company Efacec, with the bank running parallel options work on a trade sale and a Euronext Lisbon initial public...
