Maria do Rosário Palma Ramalho
Portuguese jurist and academic
Photo: Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2024 from Belgium, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
- Oct 7
Portugal to cut pensions for 2,937 retirees after state fund miscalculation
Caixa Geral de Aposentações will reduce monthly payments by an average of €93.31 for 2,937 pensioners following a system parameterization error.
- Jul 22
Portugal's government rejects unconditional six-month parental leave, insists on shared leave to curb costs and gender gap
Minister Maria do Rosário Palma Ramalho told Parliament that a citizens' proposal for six months at full pay without mandatory sharing would cost €485–500 million, double the government's €226–230 million plan.
- 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
Portugal's Government Approves 'Single Social Benefit' Merging 13 Welfare Payments, Tying Aid to Mandatory Community Work
The Portuguese government approved a major reform consolidating 13 non-contributory social benefits into a single payment, introducing a mandatory 'social solidarity activity' of up to 15 hours per week for working-age recipients.