Algarve public health issues to be discussed in Parliament
The Independent Union of Doctors (SIM) is due to be heard in Parliament today about the public health issues affecting the Algarve, namely the obstetrics and paediatrics specialties at the
Suspect MP refuses to clarify whether he will stay in parliamentary posts
Joaquim Pinto Moreira says his conscience is “tranquil” PSD member of parliament Joaquim Pinto Moreira, one of the various targets of house searches as part of Operation Vortex yesterday, has
Requests in parliament to hear ministers on key points overruled
Requests by parties in opposition to question two ministers have been overturned by the PS Socialist majority. Social democrats (PSD) wanted to question Mariana Vieira da Silva over the efficiency
Euthanasia: debate returns to parliament
Four new bills focus on getting past presidential veto The ‘decriminalisation of medically-assisted death’ (in a word, euthanasia) has returned to parliament today. Four new draft laws are being debated
Ukraine: Portuguese parliament approves suspension of Russian ‘friendship group’
Suspension approved unanimously: left-wingers absent Left wingers PCP, Bloco de Esquerda, PAN and Livre were ‘absent’ for a vote in parliament yesterday which approved the suspension of the Parliamentary Friendship
TAP bosses to be heard in Parliament
Hearing requested by PS and PSD The Portuguese Parliament on Wednesday approved the hearing of the chairman of TAP‘s board of directors, Manuel Beja, and the chairwoman of the company’s
PCP communists slam door on Zelenskyy
Party refuses to attend special parliamentary session tomorrow PCP communists – all six of them – have issued a statement today to say they will NOT be in parliament to
State Budget 2022 arrives in parliament this afternoon
Months late and unlikely to satisfy (m)any Months late, and unlikely to satisfy (m)any, the PS government’s State Budget (OE2022) will be presented to parliament this afternoon. With inflation already
Heated moments in parliament
… but PS programme unaffected There have been some very heated moments in parliament today as MPs prepare to vote on the government’s programme for the next four and a
Government’s programme gets bumpy ride
First day of parliamentary debate sees CHEGA present motion of rejection The first day of debate of the PS government’s programme for the XXIII Constitutional government got the bumpy ride