Hugo Carneiro, a PSD deputy, argues that it is important for the labour package to be brought before Parliament.
Labour reform must, in the final instance, be analysed and negotiated in Parliament
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Context & Explainers
The Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República) is Portugal's unicameral parliament, located in the Palácio de São Bento in Lisbon. It consists of 230 deputies elected by proportional representation for four-year terms.
The Assembly's powers include making and amending laws, approving the state budget, ratifying international treaties, and overseeing the government through debates, hearings, and committees. It can also pass votes of no confidence to bring down a government, as happened in March 2025.
Following the May 2025 elections, the current parliamentary composition is led by the Democratic Alliance (AD) with the largest share of seats, followed by Chega, PS, and smaller parties including the Liberal Initiative, Left Bloc, Livre, and PCP.
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Other news coverage of this topic
- CGTP calls for participation in general strike against labour package • rtp.pt
- Left calls for the collapse of the labour package on a May Day marked by strike announcement • publico.pt
- Thousands mark Workers' Day in Lisbon in protest against labour package • rtp.pt
- José Luís Carneiro asks the government to 'drop the stubbornness and the labour package' • rtp.pt
- If labour reform were voted on now, Chega would be against it, says André Ventura • rtp.pt
