Tens of thousands march in Lisbon over housing and living costs
Housing activists say rents and home prices have nearly doubled since 2017 as the government faces pressure to act on inflation.
- 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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Protesters say low wages have not kept pace with housing costs. People also demonstrated in Porto and Coimbra.
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Hundreds of protesters rallied at night in Rossio square -- located at the bustling, touristic heart of the Portuguese capital -- following a march that had rallied thousands of people nationwide. The mostly young attendees vowed to stay overnight, with hundreds singing songs as they sat around the statue of King Pedro IV that dominates the square, AFP journalists saw. "The Portuguese social class that pays taxes, that which keeps this country g…
In protest against the sharp rise in the cost of living and the worsening housing crisis, tens of thousands of Portuguese, Saturday, emerged in a mass demonstration in central Lisbon.
The protests increase the pressure on the centre-right government. The demonstrators demand higher wages.
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