The minority government of Portugal's newly reappointed
Prime Minister Luís Montenegro, under pressure from the far
right to reduce immigration, presented a draft law on 23 June that
includes amendments to the Nationality Law to introduce stricter
requirements for Portuguese nationality.
Portugal has experienced a significant increase in immigration
in recent years and the tightening of the rules was a central theme
in May's election, in which the far-right Chega party became
the main opposition party. The draft law has yet to be sent to
parliament but is expected to be approved with Chega's
support.
"We are significantly strengthening the requirements for
access to citizenship, naturalisation, in line with the guidelines
we had already included in the government's programme,"
said Cabinet Minister Antonio Leitao Amaro.
