A government that fell and then rose again, parties being reconfigured, and the right holding a majority. This was the year the country was introduced to Spinumviva and immigration became the dominant political issue.
2025: the year of the rightward shift
Wednesday, 24 December 2025RSS
Context & Explainers
The Immigration Law is Portugal’s legal framework that governs entry, residency, asylum and deportation of non-nationals. It was amended by Law No. 61/2025 on October 22, 2025, after parts of an earlier draft were rejected by the Constitutional Court; the changes reorganise administrative responsibilities and introduce stricter control measures that affect visas, residency and family reunification processes.
