Business lobby pushes back on the €970 minimum wage for 2027
The Forum para a Competitividade argues against the agreed €970 minimum wage for 2027, noting that between 2019 and 2025 the minimum wage rose 26% in real terms while productivity grew 2.8%. Its position is that one should not rise without the other.
Why it matters for your move
The minimum wage is not an abstraction for newcomers: the D7 income threshold is pegged to it, so this dispute decides what applicants will have to prove next year.
This is Re-locant.com’s own brief, written to explain what the update means for people moving to or living in Portugal. For the full original report, see the source below.