PORTUGAL RETURNS TO SAFE HARBOR

&amp;NewLine;<div class&equals;"wp-block-cover has-background-dim is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow" style&equals;"background-image&colon;url&lpar;https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;06&sol;torre-dos-clérigos&period;jpg&rpar;"><&sol;div>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">PORTUGAL RETURNS TO PORT &amp;excl;<&sol;h2>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>The Troika-led austerity program resulted in a 78 billion euro loan, which did nothing to help the situation&amp;period; young people were leaving the country&amp;comma; the collapse of social policy saw the death toll of the elderly soar&amp;comma; the country was suffocating&amp;comma; disillusionment&amp;comma; no hope was imagined&amp;comma; the slow death was coming&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Since the last legislative elections in 2015&amp;comma; the Portuguese Socialist Party has ruled the country with the support of the Communist Party and the Left Bloc&amp;comma; who both refuse to enter the government&amp;comma; but support it&amp;comma; and in concert have agreed to stop the national bleeding&amp;period; Is Portugal out of the woods for all that&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;&amp;quest; Not really&amp;comma; the increase in the lowest salaries&amp;comma; the tax reduction for the weakest households&amp;comma; the aid for business start-ups has put a smile back on the faces of the Portuguese&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">A paradise for investors and others<&sol;h2>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>The new economic and industrial arrangements have attracted <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;kit-creation-entreprise-portugal&sol;">foreign investors in Portugal<&sol;a>&amp;comma; benefiting <strong>government assistance<&sol;strong> and a payroll of young, low-cost graduates&amp;period; What's more&amp;comma; the "terrorist" shock in certain Mediterranean countries led to a loss of interest in tourism, which benefited Portugal&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>The same applies to the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;nos-guides-expatriation&sol;">European pensioners<&sol;a> who can move to Portugal and be tax-exempt for&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;10 years&amp;period; Finally&amp;comma; the discovery of lithium in this country reveals that in the future it will be a major producer of what is now known as white gold&amp;period; All these factors have helped this country turn its head&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">More today than yesterday, less than tomorrow<&sol;h2>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Even if the horizon looks sunnier on the banks of the Tagus&amp;comma; certain problems remain&amp;period; As in Spain&amp;comma; Portugal faces&amp;comma; unfortunately&amp;comma; too many cases of conjugal violence resulting in the death of the wife&amp;period; Morals having evolved little&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>And the Portuguese as a whole&amp;comma; even if they are enjoying a little economic respite&amp;period; are no less mobilized in demanding lower taxes on energy&amp;comma; as well as VAT&amp;period; For the moment&amp;comma; hope lies in the return of exiled Portuguese youth&amp;period; Who we hope in Lisbon&amp;comma; will return as soon as possible with know-how that will enrich the world of employment&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">No, these are not a miracle <&sol;h2>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>It's true that Portugal's new boom can be seen as a mirage of political artifice&amp;period; but why not also look at the glass as half full&amp;comma; and think of the Portuguese miracle that could&amp;period; <strong>Why not&amp;comma; become an example for the other member states of the European Union&amp;comma; trying to find a way out of imposed economic confusion&amp;period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<hr class&equals;"wp-block-separator"&sol;>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;center" class&equals;"has-background has-medium-font-size has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color"><strong>DISCOVER OUR GUIDES DEDICATED TO EXPATRIATION<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<div class&equals;"wp-block-woocommerce-handpicked-products is-hidden-price is-hidden-rating is-hidden-button">&amp;lbrack;products limit&amp;equals; "4&amp;Prime&amp;semi; columns&amp;equals; "4&amp;Prime&amp;semi; orderby&amp;equals; "date " order&amp;equals; "DESC " ids&amp;equals; "4573&amp;comma;4359&amp;comma;4371&amp;comma;4368&amp;Prime&amp;semi;&amp;rsqb;<&sol;div>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<div class&equals;"wp-block-button aligncenter"><a class&equals;"wp-block-button&lowbar;&lowbar;link has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color has-background has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;nos-guides-expatriation&sol;"><strong>LEARN MORE<&sol;strong><&sol;a><&sol;div>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;