Budget smudget: “It might be better to hibernate for a while”
President warns of pitfalls of government relying on “the third party” In spite of President Marcelo’s noble ‘think-of-the-nation’ speech, events in national politics this week suggest party leaders are doing
CHEGA leader accuses government of “wanting to provoke elections to avoid negotiating with opposition”
Ventura sticks to CHEGA’s State Budget ‘red lines’ Political posturing over the State Budget – which has to pass next month, or Marcelo will call new elections – continues today,
Government sees 2% GDP growth, budget surpluses this year and next
Analyst warns forecasting could be ‘over optimistic’ With minority parties bristling with indignation over the government’s proposals for the State Budget, the right-of-centre coalition has said it expects the economy
President calls pre-budget Council of State
Meeting to analyse financial and economic situation, at home and abroad President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is convening a meeting of the Council of State (made up of his ‘closest
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
Road fund tax hikes “will be scrapped from 2024 State Budget”
Political commentator Luís Marques Mendes let slip a nugget of information last night that will cheer well over a million citizens: the PS Socialist plan to increase IUC road fund
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,
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
PSD announces it will be voting against government’s State Budget
No surprises today as PSD leader Luís Montenegro announces his party has decided to vote against the government’s proposed State Budget for 2024. Antipathy to the budget is running through