Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa promulgated the decree regulating lobbying, creating the Transparency Register for Interest Representation and imposing rules on national and foreign entities.
Portuguese President promulgated law regulating lobbying
Monday, 26 January 2026RSS
Context & Explainers
The lobbying law is recent Portuguese legislation, approved by Parliament on 12 November and promulgated by the President, that creates transparency rules for meetings, a registry of interest representatives and sanctions for non‑compliance. It aims to make interactions between public officials and lobbyists more visible by requiring recorded declarations and published meeting logs.
