Now we know who is the glass half-empty kinda person here 
Two massive rulings that sent the new LdN into a knockdown for at least three months (and counting) is not lifting a finger?.. 
Well, yes and no, right? I mean yes they sent it back, but they also ruled that it was fine to screw everyone over with no grandfathering nor no claim of legitimate expectations / legal stability..
The delays since are not really attributable to them.
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Agreed. It would seem easy to quickly strike the things the court ruled unconstitutional and draft a new version which would still screw all of us.
One may hope that the election of left-wing president Seguro will have a moderating effect on their next draft of the law.
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For those of you that may have missed this, I’m posting a link to a great and informative webinar by lawyers @madalenamonteiro and André Miranda. Info on the nationality law, applying for citizenship early, and the impact of the Presidential Elections.
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From what I understand, they basically suggest its unlikely that early citizenship applications will be successful, you need to materially meet the requirements before the application (e.g. complete language course, but not have the certificate upon application). Crazy to think it would be anything else, but who knows, this is Portugal 
Things are moving again. Not necessarily in a way that’s good for us
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3 - Reapreciação do Decreto da Assembleia da República n.º 17/XVII - Alteração à Lei n.º 37/81, de 3 de outubro, que aprova a Lei da Nacionalidade e do Decreto da Assembleia da República n.º 18/XVII - Altera o Código Penal, criando a pena acessória de perda da nacionalidade
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Huh. I expected the revisit to nationality law, but I really thought loss of citizenship as an accessory penalty was dead in the water. Maybe I’m misreading.
I think as a formality, they must vote on all vetoed laws. Either to override the veto (which would be unprecedented for laws struck down as unconstitutional) or to amend/abandon them. Seems likely the loss will be abandoned but the citizenship law will be amended to hose us without the unconstitutional parts.
Great. So we have one month to prepare our next round of letters to the Deputies, the President, and the (future new judges of) the Constitutional Court.. 
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Is it a discussion or vote on April 1?