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<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1"><i>"Some 25,000 French people are currently living in Portugal&amp;comma; 5,000 more than a year ago&amp;period; Not only is the flow of arrivals not drying up&amp;comma; it's actually tending to increase"&amp;comma;<&sol;i> says Carlos Vinhas Pereira&amp;comma; President of the Franco-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry&amp;period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">Portugal is still a dream destination for the French&amp;comma; especially retirees&amp;comma; who account for between 80 &amp;percnt; and 90 &amp;percnt; of expatriates&amp;period; <i>"The recent attacks in Paris and Brussels reinforce the attractiveness of a country where crime is low and people feel safe"&amp;comma; <&sol;i>comments Miguel Poisson&amp;comma; General Manager of the ERA agency network in Portugal&amp;period; This country of 11 million inhabitants has definitively supplanted Morocco&amp;comma; which had the wind in its sails before the rise of radical Islamism in Africa and the fear of terrorism&amp;period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">Sunshine and proximity<&sol;span><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">It's true that the country is not lacking in charm&amp;comma; with ideal sunshine just two hours by plane from Paris&amp;comma; close cultural proximity and a cost of living 35% lower than in France&amp;comma; according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development&amp;period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;regime-fiscal-au-portugal&sol;"><span class&equals;"s1">But these advantages would be nothing without the exceptionally mild tax treatment offered by our non-habitual resident &amp;lpar;RNH&amp;rpar;&amp;period status;<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;lemonde&period;fr&sol;economie&sol;article&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;16&sol;le-portugal-fait-toujours-rever-les-francais&lowbar;4903414&lowbar;3234&period;html&num;d7slb4fbcyzotwcq&period;99" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">source<&sol;a>  <&sol;span><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;