Constitutional court draws line in sand as President considers nationality law
Portugal’s Constitutional Court – the group of 13 judges that can play havoc with government policies – has just drawn a very important line in the sand as President Seguro
Parliament snubs Constitutional Court: approves loss of nationality for serious crimes
Portugal’s majority ‘of the right’ in parliament (albeit still not a truly comfortable one) has ensured that one of ‘stumbling blocks’ to immigration reform has finally been approved – that
Five (further) ministers obliged to declare ‘client lists’
Five (further) ministers are obliged to declare their client lists, the services they provided and their company’s bank accounts (or those of their husband/ wife). This is the result of
Constitutional court rejects PM’s appeal against revealing names of clients
The prime minister’s determination not to divulge the list of clients of his family firm, Spinumviva, continues today with news that the Constitutional Court has rejected Luís Montenegro’s appeal to
Nationality Law still contains ‘inconstitutionalities’, say judges
Portugal’s Constitutional Court has decided on the request – put in by PS Socialists – to give the latest version of the Nationality Law a ‘preventive review’. Yet again, the
Americans with golden visas lobby Constitutional Court over Nationality Law
American investors with golden visas are lobbying the Constitutional Court over the government’s changes to the Nationality Law. In a legal submission known as Amicus Curiae, the 15 investors –
Communists query vote-counting in Lisbon’s municipal elections
CDU, the coalition that brings together the PCP communists and PEV (the greens), has appealed today to the Constitutional Court for a ruling on “the decisions taken during the general
PS leader dubs PM’s attack on Constitutional Court, journalists, analysts “incomprehensible”
The PSD party’s Festa do Pontal in Quarteira yesterday continues to make headlines for all the wrong reasons. This time it is for the content of the speech the prime
Constitutional Court VP stirs-up new controversy: Foreigners Law “perfectly reasonable”
Yesterday’s decision by the Constitutional Court has further divided the country – and now it emerges that it was by no means consensual. The vice-president of the court, Gonçalo Almeida
Constitutional Court vetoes certain clauses of Foreigners Law
After holding the country in anticipation for a full hour, Portugal’s Constitutional Court delivered its ruling on the Foreigners’ Law early this evening. The law was passed in some haste