The National Executive of União Brasil officialized on Wednesday (3) the decision to leave the base of the government Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT). The resolution was taken a few hours before a lunch between the president and ministers affiliated with the acronym, marking the formal breakup of the Federation between União Brasil and PP with the Planalto Palace. The information is from the newspaper The globe.
reaching directly the ministers Celso Sabino (Tourism), from União Brasil, and André Fufuca (Sports), from PP. Both are part of the centrão quota in the Esplanade of Ministries.
The meeting of União Brasil Executive preceded a lunch at the Alvorada Palace, where Lula received Senate President David Alcolumbre (Union-AP), and three ministers of the caption: Waldez Góes (Integration and Regional Development), Celso Sabino (Tourism) and Frederico Siqueira Filho (communications).
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The meeting, which should signal a rapprochement, occurred amid the formalization of the rupture. The presence of the ministers reinforces the internal dilemma: part of the bench wants to maintain dialogue with the Plateau, while the party summit already articulates the complete landing of the petista administration.
The tension with the center intensified behind the scenes after Lula harshly criticized the presidents of the two acronyms. At a ministerial meeting last week, according to reports of the newspaper, the petista said he did not personally like Antonio Rueda, president of União Brasil, and accused Ciro Nogueira (PP) of trying to be viable as deputy in the presidential plate of the governor of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans), in 2026.
The president also complained about the lack of public loyalty of the Ministers of União Brasil, stating that they do not defend him in party events, even in the face of attacks on the government. Lula would have declared that those who were not comfortable could leave the terrace.
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Impact on government and joints for 2026
The coordinated exit of União Brasil and PP weakens the political articulation of the Planalto and lights the warning about governability, especially in the Senate.
It also marks the beginning of a realignment for 2026, with the formation of alliances that can support a right-right candidate, possibly led by Tarcísio de Freitas.
For Lula, the episode represents the symbolic loss of part of the bloc that guaranteed governance in the first two years of office, as well as imposing additional difficulties in strategic votes in Congress.
