Portugal Moves to Fold 13 Welfare Payments Into a Single Benefit Ahead of an August EU-Funds Deadline
The Prestacao Social Unica would merge 13 low-income supports — including the RSI minimum income and social pensions — into one means-tested benefit, with a contested work requirement and a still-blank payment value. Portugal must enact it by late summer or risk losing about €500 million in EU recov