The Tribunal de Contas (Court of Auditors) returned 794 visto prévio (prior-approval) files to public-sector contracting authorities in 2024 on the ground that the underlying contracts did not need the court's approval to proceed at all, Público...
MENAC and CSMP filed pareceres on 19 May against the Government's overhaul of the Tribunal de Contas organic law on the eve of Wednesday's Plenário debate. TC President Filipa Calvão's 12 May parecer brands the €10M visto prévio threshold 'verdadeiramente inconstitucional'.
Thursday 14 May 2026: Tribunal de Contas Comissão Permanente parecer brands the Government's TdC reform bill 'verdadeiramente inconstitucional'; the €10 million visto-prévio carve-out halves external control from €10 bn to €5 bn and opens 'zonas de vazio' for corruption. Debate opens 20 May.
The Comissão Nacional de Eleições — the constitutional body that oversees Portuguese elections — has slipped into the most serious internal crisis since its 1971 establishment. Five members representing the Government, PSD and CDS-PP have suspended...
Contracts Below EUR 10 Million No Longer Need Prior Approval From the Tribunal de Contas Portugal's Council of Ministers approved on 9 April the most sweeping reform of the Tribunal de Contas (TdC) in decades, eliminating the mandatory prior...
