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In the new documents, CGA is now informing pensioners that the retirement conditions “have changed” and presents the new values, according to the Business Journal, which has advanced with the news.
It is also certain that pensioners will have to return the amount they have received in excess, but the documents being sent by the CGA do not explain how money can be returned.
The Minister of Labor, Maria do Rosário Palma Ramalho, confirmed on Monday the intention of the government to move forward with a labor reform and even points out two specific themes: wage transparency and digital platforms.
In Parliament, Palma Ramalho thus promised “to transpose the European directives on digital platforms and wage transparency” – at a time when the government is in breach of this latter.
He also talked about adapting the public vocational training system to new forms of work”, continuing to reduce the youth unemployment rate and updating pensions at the legal rate.
The former governor of Banco de Portugal (BdP) argues that, in order to combat the housing crisis, all real estate developers must be obliged to allocate part of the houses that build affordable housing.
“ We should include as a requirement in all the allotments, in all the licensing, that a fraction, for example that 20 to 25% of the fires or dwellings that are built are for affordable housing, that this is an obligation for all the housing promoters ", said Mário Centeno, in declarations to CNN Portugal.
The former governor of the BdP and former finance minister stated that “this exists in Denmark, it exists in Northern Europe”.
The Minister for Environment and Energy announced support for the acquisition of electric vehicles specifically aimed at the most deprived, covering about 20,000 vehicles, with a contribution of up to 80%.
In an intervention in the general parliamentary debate on the proposal for a State Budget for 2027 (OE2027), Maria da Graça Carvalho said that the government will support the acquisition of more than 20,000 vehicles, with a contribution up to 80%.
“ We will also maintain incentives for the purchase of electric vehicles for the general population, with rules similar to those of the past, but with an allocation of EUR 50 million”, said the minister.
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