Despite successive records in recent years in terms of the number of proposals, the approval rate ends up not being very high. A year ago, for example, 243 changes to the OE were made viable out of the 2161 presented, which represents just over 11% of approvals.
Chega was the party with the most proposed changes
Among the ten parties with parliamentary seats, Chega was the one who delivered the most additions, just like a year ago. In total, André Ventura’s party submitted 612 proposals for changes to the OE. Even though it presented around 30% of all change proposals, Chega wants to change fewer than in 2024, when it delivered 639 additions to the OE.
Same as 2024, it was also the second party that submitted the most proposals: the PCP. Until the deadline, the communists – who have one fewer deputy than a year ago – delivered 514 additions to the OE. Even if at some distance, Livre ended up being the third party to deliver the most changes to the OE proposed by the Government: 249, in total.
In parties with single deputies, it was BE who stood out, with Mariana Mortágua to deliver 181 amendment proposals to the OE by 6pm. Inês de Sousa Real, from PAN, was close, with 179 proposals. The newcomer Filipe Sousa, from the party Juntos Pelo Povo (JPP), delivered 50 additions.
Furthermore, the PS – which only released its proposals this Friday – delivered 103 changes to the State Budget, one less than the Liberal Initiative, which introduced 104.
With regard to the parties that support the Government (PSD/CDS), the centrists submitted 36 proposals. All of these were co-authored with the Social Democrats. The PSD-Madeira deputies (Pedro Coelho, Vânia Jesus and Paulo Neves) ended up delivering 15 proposals in their own name.
Miranda Sarmento: “Parliament decides whether there will be a surplus or deficit” in 2026
Hours before the deadline came to an end, the Minister of Finance, Joaquim Miranda Sarmento, made it clear that he is against any elimination of tolls (as proposed by PS and Chega) and warned that Parliament will decide, with the proposals approved in committee, whether there will be a surplus or deficit in 2026.
Quoted by Lusa, the Minister of Finance said, in his hearing as part of the specialized assessment of the proposed State Budget for 2026 (OE2026), that tolls “provide a service to users that must be paid for by them”.
“We need to make choices, Parliament needs to remember”, concluded Miranda Sarmento.