Luís Montenegro
Portuguese politician (1973–), the 199th prime minister of Portugal (2024–)
- 4d ago
Carlos Moedas rejects rift with Portuguese government while demanding 300 police officers for Lisbon
Lisbon Mayor Carlos Moedas urged the central government to fulfill its May pledge of 300 additional officers, citing demographic growth and a net loss of 2,000 police since 2010.
- 4d ago
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.
- Aug 21
Two Portuguese soldiers die on A1 motorway while assisting stranded lorry driver
Two Portuguese Army soldiers aged 21 and 22 died on Friday morning after being struck by a car on the A1 motorway near Cantanhede while helping a lorry driver with a blown tyre.
- Aug 12
Former Portuguese president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa taken to hospital after fainting at Algarve restaurant
Former Portuguese president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was transported to Hospital de Faro on August 12 after losing consciousness for several seconds at a restaurant in Monte Gordo, where he was spending his holidays.
- 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.
- Jul 27
Carneiro accuses Government of tax-driven fuel price rise, demands temporary VAT cut after diesel hits nearly €2/litre
José Luís Carneiro fuelled a car in Paredes and accused the government of collecting an extra €1,048 million in fuel taxes since 2024, pushing diesel up about 9 cents per litre. He demanded a temporary VAT cut from 23% to 13% on fuels, electricity and food.
- Jul 12
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.
