Luís Montenegro
Portuguese politician (1973–), the 199th prime minister of Portugal (2024–)
- 5d ago
PS leader Carneiro says PM Montenegro failed national exams, gave "frivolous answers" at music festival
Socialist Party chief José Luís Carneiro demanded on Sunday that Prime Minister Luís Montenegro explain what went wrong with national exam corrections and restore confidence for over 350,000 students, after results were delayed.
- Jul 8
Bus hits crowd at Sintra station near Lisbon, killing two women and injuring at least 20
Two women died and at least 20 people were hurt when a city bus lost control in a tunnel and struck a crowded bus stop in Sintra, west of Lisbon, on Tuesday morning.
- Jul 8
Portugal's president enacts higher education overhaul and emergency medical reform, greenlights Porto technical university
President António José Seguro signed into law a new legal framework for higher education and a restructured emergency medical institute, alongside decrees creating the Technical University of Porto and integrating a hotel school into Nova University.
- Jul 5
Portugal heatwave eases on the coast but four interior districts stay under red alert into Monday
After days of temperatures topping 44°C, Portugal's coastal regions are set for a gradual cooldown from Monday, while Bragança, Guarda, Castelo Branco and Portalegre remain under the highest red warning.
- Jul 1
Portugal launches Amália, an open-source AI model for European Portuguese, with €7M investment
Portugal has officially released Amália, its first national AI model for European Portuguese, as open-source infrastructure. The €7 million project will power public services and local businesses without a chat interface.
- Jun 29
Lufthansa breaks ground on Portuguese repair plant as CEO declares readiness to run TAP ‘today’
Lufthansa Technik launched construction of a €300 million component repair centre in Santa Maria da Feira on Monday, while CEO Carsten Spohr stated the group is ready to assume management of TAP immediately if Lisbon wants.
- Jun 22
Livre accuses Portugal's government of failing storm-hit regions as parliamentary days begin in Leiria
The Livre party launched its parliamentary days in Leiria on Monday, accusing the government of Luís Montenegro of a slow and inadequate response to the train of storms that battered central Portugal earlier this year.
- Jun 22
Montenegro unveils sovereign wealth fund, railway privatization and justice reforms at PSD congress
Prime Minister Luís Montenegro closed the PSD congress with a package of measures including a new sovereign wealth fund to take equity stakes in strategic sectors, a pilot privatization of the Cascais railway line and an acceleration of administrative and tax courts.
- Jun 21
Montenegro dismisses crisis talk as PSD congress rallies around leader after labour reform defeat
Portugal's prime minister and PSD leader Luís Montenegro ruled out a snap election on Saturday, telling his party's congress that it would be "absurd" to talk of a political crisis after the opposition PS and Chega combined to block the government’s labour law overhaul.
- 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 16
PS launches economic platform to counter Montenegro's labour approach, Carneiro says no invite to reform talks
Socialist leader José Luís Carneiro gathered former ministers and experts to validate an economic proposal focused on productivity, innovation and wage convergence, while accusing the government of sidelining the main opposition in labour reform negotiations.
- Jun 16
Chega-PSD labor reform talks stall but continue ahead of Friday vote
Portugal’s Chega party leader André Ventura says no agreement was reached with Prime Minister Luís Montenegro on the government’s labor law reform package, but negotiations will carry on through the night as a parliamentary vote looms on Friday.
- Jun 16
Portugal's PM Montenegro and Chega's Ventura set for last-ditch labour talks as PS stays out
Prime Minister Luís Montenegro and Chega leader André Ventura will meet on Tuesday, two days before parliament debates the government’s controversial labour law overhaul, while the main opposition Socialist Party confirms it has not been invited.
- Jun 11
Government and Chega reach partial PSU deal but fail to break labor reform deadlock
A meeting between Prime Minister Luís Montenegro and Chega leader André Ventura produced a partial agreement on the Single Social Benefit, sending it to committee without a vote, but left the labor reform package deadlocked over retirement age and vacation days.
- Jun 2
Portugal general strike over labour reform halts trains, cancels hundreds of flights and shuts schools
A 24-hour general strike brought Portugal to a near-standstill on Wednesday as unions protested a government labour reform package they say will entrench precarious work, ease dismissals and curb workers' rights.
- 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.'
- 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.
