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Lula’s Fiscal-Adjustment Bill Tests Coalition as Senate Prepares Key Votes

The vote on PLP 299/2026 will decide whether the government can deliver a 0.5% of GDP primary surplus and keep its fragile coalition intact.

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Lula e outros 34 alvos da Lava Jato venceram as eleições de 2026, segundo o Poder360. Outros nomes como Cunha e Dirceu ficaram de fora.

Overview

  • The Senate is set to vote the remaining destaques to PLP 299/2026 on Tuesday, November 17, with the government aiming to finish approval in both houses by Wednesday, November 18.
  • PLP 299/2026, proposed to deliver a 0.5% of GDP primary surplus for 2027, won text-base approval on November 12 and has been described by some economists as a modest step to reassure markets.
  • The bill has fractured the left, with MPs such as Erika Hilton and Jones Manoel calling it an overly austere 'tesouraço' while André Janones defended the package and accused far-left militants of trying to boycott Lula’s WhatsApp mobilization channel.
  • Negotiations over cabinet posts are unresolved as Centrão parties press for ministries with larger investment budgets and the Planalto, through emissary Edinho Silva, pushes to strengthen RP2 ministerial control over emendas to regain executive influence.
  • Rafael Fonteles has risen inside the PT after coordinating second-round communications, Lula is campaigning an industrial and technology agenda on foreign trips, and the coming votes will shape both fiscal policy and internal party succession dynamics.