Hopebreak House: Austerity drives Portuguese to despair

Lisbon kemungkinan untuk meminta Ulangkaji yang ke-3 sasaran defisit bersetuju dengan EU dan pemiutang IMF, sebagai sebahagian daripada 78 billion euro bailout antarabangsa. Bahawa krisis kewangan negara terus mendapat momentum. Tetapi manakala pemotongan bajet akan mempunyai sedikit kesan ke atas yang kaya, tali pinggang mengetatkan lagi oleh kelas pekerja orang Portugis meninggalkan mereka terdesak untuk masa depan mereka.

Lisbon's likely to request a third revision to its deficit targets agreed with EU and IMF creditors, as part of its 78-billion euro international bailout. That as the country's financial crisis continues to gain momentum. But while budget cuts will have little affect on the rich, further belt tightening by working class Portuguese people is leaving them desperate for their future.