Tens of thousands march in Lisbon over housing and living costs
Protesters said wages have lagged far behind housing costs, while officials said concrete measures are already being rolled out.
- 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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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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Tens of thousands of people are demonstrating in Lisbon against high cost of living and exploding rents. Since 2017, real estate prices in Portugal have more than doubled and the government has already taken action.
In the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, a protest camp against the housing crisis was set up - as already in the Spanish capital, Madrid. After a demonstration on Saturday evening hundreds of protesters gathered on Rossio Square in the heart of Lisbon and set up dozens of tents, as journalists of the news agency AFP reported. The demonstrator Elena Costa said that the people who pay taxes in Portugal and keep the country running would "lose their rig…
Protesters say low wages have not kept pace with housing costs. People also demonstrated in Porto and Coimbra.
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