Facing the sun-splashed Lisbon Parliament, a handful of protesters pitched tents and went on a hunger strike.
They are restaurateurs angry at local health restrictions that their French colleagues would no doubt be satisfied with.
In Lisbon, restaurants and bars are open until 11:00 pm curfew On weekends, the curfew starts at… 1:00 pm.
While before the pandemic, "the Portuguese economic miracle" fed the headlines (the budget deficit was eradicated last year), the country is also facing the second wave of Covid-19.
For the past two weeks, the rate of new contaminations has exceeded that of France while the deaths, reported to the population, are of a similar level.
The epidemic is a severe blow to the GDP, about 15% of which depends on tourism, an activity that has been virtually reduced to nothing.
According to the European Commission, the Portuguese economy is expected to contract 9.3% this year.
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