Socialists backtrack on NHR (for now) and IUC road tax hike
Portugal’s Socialist government has backtracked on two of its most controversial measures included in the 2024 State Budget proposal, having axed the increase of the IUC vehicle circulation tax on
Victims of bank collapses worried about Portugal’s ‘political avalanche’
Fear crisis in government will delay long-awaited compensation Victims of the collapses of Banif and BES banks foreign branches fear Portugal’s political crisis will prevent the solution they have been
Operation Influencer torpedoes Portugal’s absolute majority government
In one breathtaking week of ‘breaking news’, public prosecutors have searched the official residence of the prime minister, the homes of government ministers and well-connected friends and businesspeople, arrested five,
Opposition parties slam PS for U-turn on vehicle circulation tax
PS accused of “electioneering” The Socialist Party’s (PS) decision to axe its controversial IUC vehicle circulation tax hike has been lambasted by opposition parties – not because they disagree with
Portugal’s political crisis won’t affect investment, says EC
Investment in Portugal won’t be affected, says Paolo Gentiloni The European Commission (EC) said today that it believes Portugal’s political crisis will not affect investment in the country. “Despite the
PS still (barely) ahead in latest poll despite political crisis
PS would win the elections according to latest poll Not even the political crisis that has seen Prime Minister António Costa and Minister of Infrastructure João Galamba resign is enough
PSD leader says next government must be “free of extremism”
Luís Montenegro is on a four-day visit to the Algarve PSD leader Luís Montenegro has defended that Portugal’s next government must be “free of extremism,” be it from the left
Infrastructure minister resigns to protect family
João Galamba is an official suspect in Operation Influencer João Galamba, the only government minister cited so far in the probe that has brought down the government, has tendered his
Operation Influencer “no longer corruption probe”
All five suspects to go home after six nights in jail Operation Influencer is no longer ‘a corruption probe’. This is the ‘shock of the afternoon’: “the crime of corruption
Fall of government “worst attack in Portugal’s democracy” – April 25 hero
Vasco Lourenço’s tirade echoed through PS Socialist party The fait accompli that has brought down Portugal’s absolute majority government was described, even in its early hours, as a form of