Tens of thousands march in Lisbon over housing and living costs
Tens of thousands marched as housing prices have more than doubled since 2017, while the government said it will not yield to street pressure.
- Tens of thousands of people marched through central Lisbon on Saturday to protest soaring living costs and a deepening housing crisis, as the CGTP-led rally increased pressure on Portugal's centre-right government.
- House prices and rents have more than doubled since 2017, fueling one of Europe's worst housing affordability crises, while inflation hit 3.6% in September driven by rising food and fuel prices.
- PhD student Carolina Cruz faces losing her home as rent renewal could push costs above €1,200 monthly, while teacher Pedro Penilo said Portugal's leaders were "out of touch with reality."
- Parliamentary Affairs Minister Carlos Abreu Amorim said on Friday the "government will not yield to shouts from the street," while stating concrete measures to address concerns are already being rolled out.
- Rising unrest preceded Saturday's march, including a housing activist camp in Porto that police cleared in a pre-dawn operation on Monday, while similar protests against costs have emerged in France, Belgium, and Albania.
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The Portuguese Public Security Police (PSP) has warned that it will intervene "in a forceful manner" if the camps of radical leftist groups in Lisbon and Porto are not voluntarily withdrawn. The spokesman for the police institution, Sérgio Soares, has declared in Portuguese media this Monday, ensuring that the tents ... Continue reading "The Portuguese police warns that they will intervene "in a forceful manner" against the camps of Lisbon and P…
The campers for housing in Rossio Square, Lisbon, approved unanimously at the popular assembly held on Sunday afternoon to ask the trade union centers to call for an "Iberian general strike" on 11 November, the same day of the strike for housing planned in Spain. They join the Porto camp, which was already studying to join the general strike to "stop the Iberian Peninsula completely." Another proposal approved unanimously was to "keep the camp i…
Hundreds of Portuguese activists defied government warnings on Monday to dismantle tents set up in the heart of the capital Lisbon and the second-largest city of Porto, continuing demonstrations against skyrocketing housing prices.
Hundreds of citizens continue to occupy Lisbon and Porto protesting the unbearable cost of housing – They call for pan-Iberian demonstrations and a general strike on November 11
After the massive wave of protests in Spain, the housing crisis has now also caused demonstrations in Portugal.
Several housing rights organizations are joining unions affiliated with the CGTP confederation in protests across Portugal, as a wave of protests against the cost of living has swept across Europe. The protests are taking place under the slogan: “Higher wages, better pensions and public services. Against the rise in the cost of living. A new course for Portugal!” Rallies are planned in Porto, Coimbra and Lisbon. The cost of living crisis is affe…
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