数千人周四走上葡萄牙第二大城市的街头，抗议该国房价飙升。此前警方在清晨时段与示威者发生冲突，进一步加大了对政府采取行动的压力。
Thousands of people took to the streets of Portugal’s second-largest city Thursday to protest against the country’s soaring home prices after the police clashed with demonstrators in the early morning hours, increasing pressure on the government to act.
SIC Notícias 报道称，在波尔图早些时候的骚乱中约有 40 人受伤。广播电台播放了警方在市中心广场撤除帐篷并用警棍推搡示威者的视频。周四晚些时候，示威活动继续进行，未再发生冲突。
About 40 people were injured in the earlier disturbances in Porto, SIC Notícias reported. The broadcaster showed video of police removing tents from a downtown square and shoving protesters with batons. Later on Thursday, the demonstration continued without further clashes.
示威最初在现代主义广场 Praça D. João I 以帐篷营地形式展开，随后于周四晚间移至市政厅台阶。一些示威者举着横幅，上面写着“付不起房租？带上帐篷。”葡萄牙总理路易斯·蒙特内格罗驳斥了暴力暗示更广泛动荡的说法，称葡萄牙并未经历欧洲其他地区正在发生的那种动荡。
The protest began as a tent encampment in the modernist Praça D. João I square before moving to the steps of the city hall late on Thursday. Some demonstrators carried banners reading “Can’t pay your rent? Bring a tent.”Prime Minister Luís Montenegro rejected suggestions that the violence pointed to a broader upheaval, saying Portugal wasn’t experiencing the kind of turbulence unfolding elsewhere in Europe.
“我们没有这种不稳定，也没有这种程度的冲突，也不能犯错，认为少数人就能给人一种国家陷入动荡的印象。事实并非如此，”蒙特内格罗周四早些时候在布鲁塞尔表示，当时他正在那里参加欧盟领导人峰会。
“We don’t have that instability, we don’t have that level of conflict, and we can’t make the mistake of thinking that a few people give the impression of a country that is in turmoil. It isn’t,” Montenegro said in Brussels earlier on Thursday, where he was attending a European Union leaders’ summit.
此前：西班牙的桑切斯因住房计划失败而宣布提前选举。抗议活动发生之际，住房成本和生活压力正在欧洲其他地区引发示威。邻国西班牙曾举行全国性游行，要求降低租金和提供更多可负担住房；而法国和布鲁塞尔也曾因生活成本、公共服务和政府支出问题爆发大规模抗议。
Earlier: Spain’s Sánchez Calls Snap Election After Housing Plan Fails The protests come as housing costs and pressure on living standards fuel demonstrations elsewhere in Europe. Nationwide marches demanding lower rents and more affordable homes have occurred in neighboring Spain, while France and Brussels have also faced large protests over living costs, public services and government spending.
这种不安并不局限于欧洲。随着美国准备举行将决定国会控制权的选举，民调显示选民们对燃料、杂货、医疗和住房价格上涨表示不满。
The unease is not confined to Europe. As the US prepares to hold elections that will decide control of Congress, voters cite discontent over rising prices for fuel, groceries, health care and housing, according to polls.
许多葡萄牙家庭正面临生活成本上升的压力。根据Eurostat的数据，葡萄牙房价在第二季度较去年同期上涨16.5%，为欧盟最高涨幅。外国需求和住房短缺推动了这一涨势。葡萄牙的社会住房仅占住房总量的约2%，在欧盟属于较低水平之一。
Many Portuguese households are struggling with rising living costs. Home prices jumped 16.5% in the second quarter from a year earlier, the fastest pace in the European Union, according to Eurostat. Foreign demand and a shortage of homes have helped fuel the surge. Social housing accounts for only about 2% of Portugal’s housing stock, among the lowest levels in the EU.
黑山政府已将住房作为其主要政策优先事项之一，通过公共投资、税收措施和欧洲融资相结合的方式，努力增加住房供应。上个月，其政府从欧洲投资银行获得了15亿欧元贷款，用于在全国范围内建设和翻新约5万套社会住房。
Montenegro’s government has made housing one of its main policy priorities, combining public investment, tax measures and European financing in an effort to increase supply. Last month, his government secured a €1.5 billion loan from the European Investment Bank to fund the construction and renovation of about 50,000 social housing units across the country.