Portugalska je še ena izmed nesrečnih evrskih zgodb. Prvič, Portugalska je močno pridobila z vstopom v EU, s pristopom na skupni evropski trg in investicijami, nato pa enako hitro padla po prevzemu evra. Če je lahko do leta 1999 z občasnimi deprecijacijami še vzdrževala konkurenčnost glede na Nemčijo, te opcije v evro območju ni več imela.
In drugič, v obdobju pred 2008 je bila deležna napihovanja kapitalskih in nepremičninskih balonov zaradi nemškega neto izvoza kapitala, po posledični evrski finančni krizi pa jo je udarila evropska napačna makroekonomska paradigma s politiko varčevanja.
Edina dobra stran slednje je, da je na oblast prinesla socialiste, ki imajo vsaj malce več posluha za razvoj in socialno pravičnost.
Portugal’s ruling socialists under prime minister, António Costa, achieved a surprising victory in parliamentary elections on Sunday. The Socialists gained an outright majority in the new parliament over all other parties and will be able to rule without a coalition. The previous so-called gerigonca (contraption) coalition broke down last October when the leftist parties (Communists and Left Bloc) left the coalition over what they saw as an austerity budget being proposed by the Socialists.
Costa called a snap election expecting to have to form a new coalition. However, the Socialists took 41.7% of those Portuguese who voted, up 5.4% pts from the 2019 election, while the Leftist parties lost 6.9% pts. So the total left vote share actually dropped from 52.3% to 50.6%. The main right-wing party, PSD, did better too, rising from a 27.8% share to 29.3%. But the small ‘centre-right’ parties lost ground, so the Socialist victory was…
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