The Portuguese Ministry of Environment reports that while there is no immediate risk of supply failure, the country is nearing the criteria for declaring an energy crisis due to rising fuel costs.
Energy crisis declaration enables support for families

Context & Explainers
Maria Graça Carvalho is the Minister of Environment and Energy (Ministra do Ambiente e Energia) in the government led by Luís Montenegro. A member of the Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Democrata or PSD), she has previously served as a Member of the European Parliament and as a minister in earlier administrations. Her current role involves overseeing climate policy, energy transition, and water management, recently clarifying that there are no signs of supply failures in the country.







