Hugo Soares
Portuguese politician
Photo: Bruno Lameira, derivative work, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
- Sep 24
Portuguese parliament rejects all 14 proposals on fuel and food tax cuts
Lawmakers in Lisbon voted down 14 tax and toll relief measures after cross-party negotiations collapsed between the Socialists and Chega during a debate without government ministers present.
- Aug 28
Chega threatens no-confidence motion against Portuguese government over interior minister
Chega leader André Ventura set a deadline of 1 September for Prime Minister Luís Montenegro to dismiss Minister of Internal Administration Luís Neves, warning that failure to act will trigger a parliamentary motion of no confidence.
- Jul 28
Aguiar-Branco blocks urgent hearing of minister Luís Neves, drawing IL accusation of "degrading institutions"
Parliamentary president José Pedro Aguiar-Branco rejected the Liberal Initiative's request for an extraordinary Permanent Committee session to question minister Luís Neves about controversies linked to his tenure at the Judiciary Police, citing lack of consensus.
- Jun 21
Pedro Santana Lopes returns to PSD at congress, refuses to apologise for 2018 departure
Former Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes re-joined the Social Democratic Party (PSD) at its congress in Sangalhos on Friday night, delivering a speech that lavished praise on Luís Montenegro's government while pointedly refusing to apologise for leaving the party in 2018.
- Jun 20
PSD congress: Montenegro names Bugalho, Moedas and Pedro Duarte as new vice-presidents, reshaping party leadership
Portugal's prime minister Luís Montenegro announced a reshuffled party leadership at the 43rd PSD congress in Anadia, elevating the mayors of Lisbon and Porto and naming MEP Sebastião Bugalho as spokesperson.
- Jun 19
Portugal's government labour reform defeated as Chega sides with left-wing opposition
The Portuguese parliament voted down a flagship labour reform on Friday, after the far-right Chega party joined forces with left-wing opposition to defeat the centre-right government's proposal.
- Jun 18
Portugal’s parliament poised to approve labour reform after Chega softens opposition
The government’s labour package, condemned by unions as a rollback of worker protections, appears set to pass a key parliamentary vote on Friday after the far-right Chega party indicated it would not block the legislation.
- Jun 12
Portuguese parliament ends impasse, elects four Constitutional Court judges but fails to appoint new ombudsman
After months of deadlock, the Assembly of the Republic voted in four new judges for the Constitutional Court on Friday, while a second attempt to name a new Ombudsman fell short of the required two-thirds majority.
- Jun 12
Portuguese Parliament sends unified welfare benefit bill to committee after PSD-Chega deal
The government's plan to merge 13 social supports into a single payment moved to a parliamentary committee without a general vote on 12 June, after the ruling Social Democrats and the far-right Chega agreed to postpone the vote for ten days of closed-door talks.
- May 30
Montenegro re-elected PSD leader with overwhelming vote, dismisses Passos Coelho criticism as 'minor noise'
Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro was re-elected president of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) on Saturday, securing a third term as the sole candidate while dismissing criticism from former leader Pedro Passos Coelho as 'minor noise.'
