PCP communists to present 100,000-strong petition demanding change in government policies
Paulo Raimundo, secretary-general of PCP communists has announced that the prime minister will be receiving a 100,000-strong petition demanding a reversal of the government’s politics. Accusing PS Socialists “and the
Marcelo begins discussions with parties over 2024 State Budget
President Marcelo is starting to meet Portugal’s political parties today over the PS government’s plans for next year’s State Budget. Today, he is due to hear the thoughts of PAN,
Portugal falls 13 places in ‘political representation index’ in report on democracies
Citizens feel less represented by their ‘leaders’ Portugal has fallen 13 places in the ‘political representation index’ of the annual report on the Global State of Democracies. What this means
Former Algarve mayor, former MP charged in long-running corruption investigation
Operation Triangle covers truncated tenure of former PSD mayor Conceição Cabrita The Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued charges for various crimes – including corruption – for the former mayor of
Budget debate: PM pledges €25 per year increase in road fund tax for old vehicles
Following the outcry over government plans to reportedly hammer the owners of ‘old vehicles’ (pre-2007) with increases in road fund tax (IUC), the prime minister has finally dispatched the controversy,
2024 State Budget: debate begins in parliament
… with opposition focus on tax tweaks Portugal’s parliament begins two days of debate today in the first reading of the Socialist government’s budget bill for 2024. None of the
Former government aide sues PM and Minister of Infrastructures for defamation
Former government aide Frederico Pinheiro, sacked following one of the most bizarre and poorly recounted incidents in the PS Socialist government’s history of less than exemplary incidents, has filed a
Portuguese Euro MP nominated ‘co-rapporteur’ for expansion of EU
Notwithstanding the ‘warnings’ sounded by Finance Minister Fernando Medina about expansion eastwards of the EU, a Portuguese MEP has been nominated as ‘co-rapporteur’ for the process, to work alongside a
Opposition wants health service pact with State, parties, other sectors
Luís Montenegro, leader of Portugal’s Social Democratic Party has called today for a national pact for health, involving the government, parties and the State, social and private sectors, to end
Finance minister warns of “dangers of eastward EU expansion”
By arithmetic alone, Portugal will move to top of bloc’s ‘richest countries’ Portugal’s finance minister, Fernando Medina, has said today that the eastward enlargement of the European Union is a