Government to be officially dismissed “in first days of December”
President stresses this is not moment to talk further President Marcelo intends to formally dismiss the government during the first days of December. Answering some of the barrage of questions
Socialists’ ‘safe pair of hands’ offers olive branch to nation’s doctors
José Luís Carneiro intends to “validate legislative commitment” On a day when doctors’ syndicates once again get around the table with a minister who has already said he can’t see
PM at strategic agenda debate on EU post-2024
António Costa has said future executive role ‘not on his horizon’ Portugal’s caretaker prime minister, António Costa, is taking part in a dinner debate this evening on the European Union’s
Former PS mayors to face trial for corruption
Operation ‘Teia’ (Web): accusations move forwards Operation Teia, which broke over four years ago, is inching forwards with the formal charges now made against two former PS Socialist mayors (of
Candidates for PS leadership don’t see eye to eye…
The two candidates for the leadership of the PS Socialist Party appear to have fallen out over whether the selection process would be helped by televised debates. José Luís Carneiro
State Budget debate: what opposition parties are pushing for
Rectifying budget “could be presented” after March elections In many ways, the settling of Portugal’s State Budget for 2024 is ‘academic’: elections in March will see a new government taking
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