Parliament convenes for “marathon debate” on 2024 budget
… with João Galamba, official suspect in Operation Influencer, returning as MP Parliament reconvenes this afternoon to start the ‘marathon debate’ on the outgoing PS government’s State Budget for 2024.
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
PM won’t take EU job until inquiry closed
Outgoing Prime Minister António Costa said in Germany on Monday that he is not willing to “hold a public office”, not even at a European level, “as long as the
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
EC Commissioner has “full confidence” in António Costa
The European Commissioner for the Economy, Paolo Gentiloni, says he has “full confidence” in Portugal’s prime minister, António Costa, despite the ongoing investigations in Portugal related to lithium and hydrogen
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