The government approved this Friday, October 3, on the Council of Ministers, the proposal for the State Budget for 2026 (OE2026). The announcement was made by the Minister of Presidency, António Leitão Amaro, after the ministerial meeting that took place at the Prime Minister’s official residence at the São Bento Palace.
Being approved by the government, the OE2026 is expected to be delivered next Friday (October 10) in Parliament, starting the budget process, which will end on October 28 with the vote in general. The proposal will be voted on the specialty on November 27.
Talking about OE2026, António Leitão Amaro He was confident of the approval of the document, even though the government did not have an absolute majority support in Parliament. The executive “has been dialogue with the parties in early September,” he recalled, ensuring that This process of conversations with the opposition “will continue to do what the Portuguese want. The only thing that goes through the minds of people is to have an oe viable, “said the minister.
“We are convinced that the state budget has all the conditions to be made possible. We hope, on the side of Parliament, to do your work. We are convinced that the government has made its contribution to what seems to be the Portuguese’s desire for OE: to be approved“, Reiterated António Leitão Amaro, thus going in the same logic as Prime Minister Luís Montenegro, who had already left a request, in the last fortnightly, so that the opposition is” responsible “does not block the document, generating a political crisis.
In this Council of Ministers, the government also approved the name of Álvaro Santos Pereira to governor of Banco de Portugal (BDP), succeeding in office to Mário Centeno. The inauguration of the new BDP leader will take place next Monday, October 6, also said António Leitão Amaro.
Still in this meeting, according to Leitão Amaro, The new director of State Information Systems and Technologies was chosen, “by many designed as CTO [Chief Technical Officer] of the state. “The government’s choice fell on Manuel Diassomeone who Leitão Amaro describes as “a person with great knowledge and experience in artificial intelligence, information systems and technologies, with academic and professional path in large companies” in this area.
Until a week ago, Manuel Dias was the framework of Microsoft Portugal, where he was, since 2020, a national technology director. It will now be responsible for defining the state’s technological strategy, in a new position inserted in the objectives of reforming public administration, a task by the Ministry of State Reform, led by Gonçalo Saraiva Matias.