Police syndicate ASPP/PSP is unimpressed by increases in personnel expenses written into the State Budget for 2026.
In a statement today, the trade union association explains that the increases effectively boil down to a 2.7% rise in expenditure on personnel which “does not guarantee anything relevant to the needs, nor to compliance with the agreement signed in 2024”.
As our previous story online shows, the proposed State Budget for 2026 indicates that the budget for internal security will increase by 11.3% next year, totalling €3.16 billion “with the largest share going to police salaries”.
The proposal emphasises that personnel expenses represent 74.4% of total consolidated expenditure, with an allocation of €2.3529 billion – highlighting the wage bill structure of the National Republican Guard, with €1.16 billion, and the Public Security Police, with €1.12 billion.
ASPP/PSP is not convinced however. The syndicate recalls that since the agreement signed in June last year (when a phased increase in the risk supplement of €300 by 2026 was established, which did not move forwards under the previous AD government), minister of internal administration Maria Lúcia Amaral has said that negotiations will continue into next Spring so that they could be included in the State Budget of 2027, “with their effects only beginning at that time”.
In other words, a lot is being said; a lot is being announced, but not enough is actually filtering through.
The syndicate is thus requesting a hearing with the Budget and Finance Committee to present its perspective on the State Budget to the parliamentary groups.
Meantime, police protests have been scheduled for October 16 (next week) and between the days of October 21 and 24.
Parliament will discuss and vote on the budget at the end of this month (October 27 and 28), with a final global vote scheduled for November 27, once the document has been through the ‘debate in speciality’ phase.
Source: Lusa
