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The government has committed €110 million to support lithium extraction projects despite strong public opposition. Environmental groups describe the funding as a 'blank cheque' paid for by taxpayers, arguing it risks local ecosystems and undermines sustainability claims. The injection of public funds raises wider questions about fiscal priorities, state backing for critical minerals, regulatory oversight and democratic legitimacy amid popular resistance.

The government will invest €187 million over the next three years to ecologically restore rivers and streams.

The Government will invest €187 million by early 2029 to restore rivers and streams, among other aims to reduce flood risk.
Presidential candidate André Pestana said Portugal should prioritise domestic social and environmental needs rather than increased defence spending, declaring he does not want “a single euro more for NATO”. He argues the fight should be against low wages and pensions, environmental degradation and the deterioration of public services, and proposes that funds currently transferred to private health providers be redirected into the National Health Service (SNS), claiming a large share of the state health budget is going to private companies.

This case should serve as a lesson: the wealth generated by Portugal's hydroelectric assets must not continue to escape the taxes due, thereby depriving the State and producing regions of essential resources. It is now for the Tax Authority to act swiftly.
As of Tuesday, the subsidies — which correspond to a reduction in the final price of petrol and LPG consumed in small-scale fishing — will rise from €650,000 to a maximum amount of €758,000.

The President today promulgated the end of the levy on electricity-producing companies and said he hopes it “will guarantee even more favourable treatment for taxpayers”.

In the first fortnight of December, environmental and climate policies received €155 million.
