数千人集会于葡萄牙议会外,抗议住房危机与警方行动作者:塞尔吉奥·贡萨尔维斯、米格尔·佩雷拉里斯本,10月27日——周二,数千人在里斯本葡萄牙议会外集会,抗议日益加深的住房危机以及近期针对住房活动人士的警方行动,与此同时,议员们正在就政府2027年预算草案进行辩论。
Thousands rally outside Portugal's parliament over housing crisis, police operations By Sergio Goncalves and Miguel Pereira LISBON, Oct 27 - Thousands rallied outside Portugal's parliament in Lisbon on Tuesday to protest against a deepening housing crisis and recent police operations against housing activists, while lawmakers debated the government's draft budget for 2027.
葡萄牙正面临欧洲最严重的住房可负担性危机之一:自2017年以来房价上涨了一倍多,新租约租金几乎翻倍,而工资未能跟上,年轻人受到的冲击最为严重。
Portugal faces one of Europe's most acute home affordability crises, with prices more than doubling since 2017 and new-lease rents nearly doubling, hitting young people hardest, as wages have not kept up.
周二的抗议活动之前,周日警方在里斯本和波尔图动用警棍驱散住房活动人士搭建的帐篷营地,引发了过度使用武力的指控。集会组织者称,数千人挤满了该区域。警方未提供人群规模估计。
Tuesday's protest followed baton-charging police operations to dismantle tent camps set up by housing activists in Lisbon and Porto on Sunday, sparking allegations of excessive force. Rally organisers said several thousand people packed the area. Police gave no crowd estimate.
葡萄牙的抗议活动呼应了西班牙及欧洲其他地区近期因住房短缺和租金飙升而举行的示威。
The Portuguese protests echo recent demonstrations in Spain and elsewhere across Europe over housing shortages and surging rents.
39岁的女演员埃里卡·罗德里格斯表示,这场危机影响到年轻人和老一辈人,因为“对人们的收入来说,葡萄牙的生活成本非常高。这令人无法承受。”她说:“我要祝贺这届政府近来上演的这场小丑表演。它干得太糟糕了。”
Erica Rodrigues, 39, an actress, said the crisis affects young people and older generations because the "cost of living in Portugal is very high for what people earn. It is unbearable." "My congratulations to this government for the clown show it has put on in recent times.
抗议者要求这个少数派中右翼政府废除一项法案,该法案将加快驱逐程序并取消新租约的租金上限;该法案已通过一读,极右翼政党“够了”党投了弃权票。
It has done a terrible job," she said. Protesters demanded the minority centre-right government scrap a bill that would speed up evictions and end rent caps on new leases, which passed a first reading with the far-right Chega party abstaining.
39岁的失业者若昂·马丁斯表示,抗议者正在“为所有人争取体面且负担得起的住房”,并争取“一份真正反映大多数人口利益、而非仅仅少数特权者利益的国家预算”。
Joao Martins, 39, unemployed, said protesters were "fighting for decent and affordable housing for everyone" and for a "state budget that genuinely reflects the interests of the majority of the population, rather than just a few privileged people".
他说,他们同时也在“为抗议权而示威,这一权利近几天受到了严重威胁”。
He said they were also demonstrating "for the right to protest, which has been seriously threatened in recent days".
葡萄牙内政监督机构IGAI对警方的行动展开了调查,而检察官则另行对警员的行为启动了调查。
Portugal's internal affairs watchdog, the IGAI, opened an inquiry into the police operations, while prosecutors launched a separate investigation into officers' conduct.
警方称,周日两次行动中有11人受轻伤,其中包括3名警员,而活动组织“Casa para Viver”(意为“可居住的家园”)则表示有60人受伤。
Police reported 11 minor injuries, including 3 officers, in the two operations on Sunday, while activist group Casa para Viver (Homes to Live) said 60 were hurt.
总理路易斯·蒙特内格罗周二在议会发言时表示,警方的行动符合“必要性、相称性和适当性”原则。
Speaking in parliament on Tuesday, Prime Minister Luis Montenegro said police acted in line with the principles of "necessity, proportionality and adequacy".