Luís Montenegro

People marched in Lisbon, continuing a movement that began October 10th in the city of Porto, calling on the government to address the country's housing crisis.

The protesters also opposed new policies from Prime Minister Luis Montenegro.

that would weaken a limit on annual rent increases and make it easier to evict people who are unable to make rent payments.

Thousands.

Well, DN and Público describe this massive political whirlwind today.

Prime Minister Montenegro is being cornered for explanations.

Neves is issuing statements defending the PSP's use of force during the evictions.

Seguro is facing all this mounting pressure to intervene.

Which really makes all the political posturing we're seeing today look incredibly hollow.

Right.

I mean, Montenegro being pressed, Neves defending riot police.

None of this actually builds a house.

Yeah.

Domestically, Diário de Notícias is covering the friction between former Prime Minister Passos Coelho, who is apparently pushing to bring back abortion measures, and current Prime Minister Montenegro, who has explicitly refused.

And the media's capturing this as part of a global trend of stagnation.

We see it in Brazil too.

Exactly.

Prime Minister Luis Montenegro actually released a video showing direct personal threats made against him by a demonstrator.

It's just incredibly raw out there right now.

It is.

Oh, absolutely.

You have figures like Luís Montenegro, Pedro Duarte, and the Porto mayor instantly stepping up to publicly defend the police forces.

They're framing this entirely as a matter of, you know, maintaining public squares.

Yeah, keeping order.

Let's turn now to some breaking aviation news because Germany's Lufthansa Group has been selected to acquire a 44.9% stake in the Portuguese flag carrier TAP Air Portugal.

The move was announced by Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro today.

It's part of an ongoing effort by Portugal to privatize the airline.

The deal's valued at 1.2 billion euros, and it saw Lufthansa outbid its European rival, Air France KLM.

It is a walking tour of the historic springs and cultural heritage of Caldas de Renha, led originally by Tim Richardson and now immortalized as a podcast.

Prime Minister Montenegro denounces rising oil prices amid economic instability during his São João de Madeira centenary celebrations and appearance.

Other news headlines include Portugal remaining a safe country for investors, a Portugal news piece there, and startup Leria expands to host robotics events.

and AI Laboratory.

Yes.

Borges is the man who supplied the concrete for Prime Minister Luis Montenegro's house in Espinho.

That is the crucial detail right there because it elevates this from a standard corporate corruption case to a full-blown national political scandal.

Totally.

As always, there were plenty of debates and votes, and we'll cover the most important ones, from negotiations on the EU's next long-term budget and Europe's relationship with China, to investment in the defense industry and Russia's sham elections.

But first, at the beginning of the week, the European Parliament welcomed another key EPP figure, Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, who brought Portugal's experience to the plenary floor.

The prime minister began by recalling that Portugal was in a very difficult, even traumatic situation 15 years ago.

But with Europe and European solidarity, the country rose to the challenge and reinvented itself.