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The union has requested meetings with the insolvency administrators of the three companies and with the mayors of Guimarães and Vizela, the municipalities where the majority of the people who lost their jobs lived and worked.
The majority reside and worked in the municipalities of Guimarães and Vizela, where the group's industrial units are located.
At the end of the month, there were 310,708 unemployed people registered with the employment services in the mainland and autonomous regions.
Unemployment fell to 5.6% in December 2025, 0.1 percentage points lower than in November, and is the lowest rate since February 2002, when it equalled that level, according to the provisional estimate released today by INE.
This Thursday will be marked by the publication of unemployment figures in Portugal for December by the National Institute of Statistics (INE). The Bank of Portugal will publish regional lending statistics for December. In Parliament, the reprivatisation of TAP is back on the table. Also highlighted are the data ...
The Lusophony Barometer will be presented on Wednesday. In every Lusophone country, health tops the list of public concerns.
Portugal’s unemployment rate has edged down only slowly since 2019, prompting debate over whether it is approaching a near‑floor. The rate’s stabilisation reflects a mix of cyclical recovery and structural constraints — tight labour markets in some sectors, demographic shifts, labour‑market mismatches and cost‑of‑living pressures that can limit further job creation. Further falls are possible but will likely depend on stronger demand, targeted upskilling and reforms that reduce structural unemployment rather than relying on cyclical factors alone.
At the end of December, 299,423 unemployed people were registered with employment services on the mainland and in the autonomous regions, a figure lower than that recorded in the same month of 2024.
The centres of the Institute for Employment and Vocational Training (IEFP) ended 2025 with 36,000 fewer registered jobseekers than the previous year, according to data released on Tuesday. Job vacancies increased by almost 19% between December 2024 and the same month in 2025. “At the end of the month ...”
The number of couples in which both partners are unemployed fell by 11.6% in December year‑on‑year, despite rising 2.5% compared with November, according to data released today by the Institute of Employment and Vocational Training (IEFP).
In the month-on-month comparison, that is, compared with November, there were only 29 fewer people registered at employment centres in December.
There were 299,423 unemployed individuals registered with employment services on the mainland and in the autonomous regions.
Le Monde highlights Marine Le Pen, who could be excluded from the 2027 French presidential election. In Portugal, JN reports that the industrial crisis is holding back the fall in unemployment in the North and Centre.
The unemployment rate in the euro area declined to 6.3% in November, according to official statistics, continuing a downward trend in joblessness.
This Thursday, Eurostat will release November unemployment data and the European Commission will publish the economic sentiment indicator for December 2025. The registration deadline for early voting in the presidential election on 18 January also closes. Also marking the day is the new electronic platform ...
Unemployment decreased by 7.2% compared with the same month last year, bringing the number of people registered as unemployed to nearly 300,000 in November.
The long-term unemployment rate, exceeding 12 months, is significantly higher not only than that of the non-disabled population in Portugal but also above the European average.
The Portuguese insurtech Habit and the fintech Doutor Finanças have teamed up to offer an integrated payment protection insurance, which ensures the payment of instalments in the event of involuntary unemployment or temporary incapacity to work. "This partnership will expand the protection solutions offered by Doutor Finanças, helping everyone who ...
Alongside a hundred demonstrators, the coordinator of the Lisbon Unions argued that the draft labour reform will deepen “precariousness, unemployment, and low wages.”
