Luís Montenegro, the new prime minister of Portugal, continues to perform political tightrope walking to show, on the one hand, his new authority and at the same time offer dialogue to the opposition. To show a willingness to reach an agreement, the Government has chosen 60 measures included by the different opposition parties in their electoral programs to add them to the government program.

“Without ideological prejudices or arrogance,” Montenegro stressed in his first speech in the House since he took office. The program includes an increase in the minimum wage to 1.28 and a new benefit, the solidarity remuneration supplement, which will be granted to the unemployed with the aim of encouraging the search for jobs. In addition, two groups that have been on a war footing against the Government of António Costa have demanded that the prime minister have the “humility to govern on the right,’ writes André Ventura, leader of the ultra-right party Ventura, which has 50 deputies in the Assembly.