PORTUGAL IS THE 5th WORST HEATED COUNTRY IN EUROPE

&amp;NewLine;<p>The foreign press has the annoying tendency to always present the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;" class&equals;"rank-math-link">Portugal <&sol;a>as a warm country&amp;comma; offering 300 days of sunshine a year&amp;comma; where the cost of living is low&amp;comma; etc&amp;comma; unfortunately&amp;comma; the reality is very different&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Portugal 5th worst heated country<&sol;h2>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Portugal is the fifth country in the European Union where the percentage of people without the financial means to heat their homes is highest&amp;comma; according to data published on Monday by <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ec&period;europa&period;eu&sol;eurostat&sol;web&sol;products-eurostat-news&sol;-&sol;ddn-20200106-1&quest;inheritredirect&equals;true&amp&semi;redirect&equals;&percnt;2feurostat&percnt;2fhome">Eurostat<&sol;a><&sol;strong> around 19&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;&amp;percnt; of the population can't afford heating&amp;period; By way of comparison&amp;comma; the leading country in this ranking is Bulgaria &amp;lpar;34&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;&amp;percnt;&amp;rpar;&amp;comma; followed by Lithuania &amp;lpar;28&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;&amp;percnt;&amp;rpar;&amp;comma; Greece &amp;lpar;23&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;&amp;percnt;&amp;rpar;&amp;comma; Cyprus &amp;lpar;22&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;&amp;percnt;&amp;rpar;&amp;comma; Portugal &amp;lpar;19&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;&amp;percnt;&amp;rpar; and Italy &amp;lpar;14&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;&amp;percnt;&amp;rpar;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>In 2018&amp;comma; 7&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;&amp;percnt; of the EU population had declared in a Europe-wide survey that they could not afford to heat their home due to lack of means&amp;comma; this percentage peaked in 2012 at 11&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;&amp;percnt;&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;