Meetings are scheduled to take place at the Assembly of the Republic, beginning with Chega at 9:00 AM, followed by Livre at 10:30 AM, and Iniciativa Liberal at 12:00 PM. The PSD will also be received today. Meetings with other parties will proceed in the following days.
From the executive side, the meetings will be attended by the Ministers of Finance, Joaquim Miranda Sarmento, Foreign Affairs, Paulo Rangel, Economy and Territorial Cohesion, Manuel Castro Almeida, Presidency, António Leitão Amaro, and Parliamentary Affairs, Carlos Abreu Amorim.
During these meetings, the Government will present to the three parties its “main options” for the State Budget for 2026, its stance on the Middle East conflict, and will also discuss the laws on foreigners and nationality.
Various issues related to the creation of new parishes will also be evaluated.
This will be the first round of Government meetings with parliamentary parties on these four topics, with a meeting already scheduled for this Friday with the PS and another for next Wednesday with the PCP. Meetings with the remaining parties will be scheduled “as soon as the agenda permits,” stated the executive.
These meetings were announced last week by the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, who clarified that they are not budget negotiations, but rather the start of a “tour with parliamentary groups and single deputies on various issues.”
In terms of the budget, Prime Minister Luís Montenegro predicted this weekend that the discussion on the next State Budget will be “relatively simple,” while the leader of Chega, André Ventura, also feels there are “more favorable conditions” this year to reach consensus on this matter.
Meanwhile, the Secretary-General of the PS, José Luís Carneiro, had already expressed in May his willingness to facilitate the State Budget presented by the Government, but warned this weekend that if the document includes the labor law changes advocated by the executive, his party will vote against it.
Regarding the recognition of the State of Palestine, Luís Montenegro announced on July 31 that the Government would consult the President of the Republic and the parties with parliamentary representation to “consider carrying out Palestinian recognition” at the United Nations General Assembly, between September 23 and 29.
