The European Commission demanded in December 2024 that Portugal withdraw the "discriminatory rules" allowing residents in the country, not visitors from other countries of the European Union, to enter museums, monuments and palaces free of charge 52 days a year, giving rise to an infringement process.
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The European Commission demanded in December 2024 that Portugal withdraw the "discriminatory rules" allowing residents in the country, not visitors from other countries of the European Union, to enter museums, monuments and palaces free of charge 52 days a year, giving rise to an infringement process.
Portugal is being pressured to review its popular system of free entry to state museums, monuments and palaces for its residents, which the European Commission (EC) says discriminates against visitors from other European Union (EU) countries.