Baixa merchants in Lisbon open to dialogue with housing protest representatives

The Lisbon Administrative Court ruled on Sunday 1 November that the midnight curfew for protests is not absolute, authorizing a demonstrator to stay overnight at Rossio with a tent until 24 November 2026. The Baixa Pombalina revitalization association expressed willingness to negotiate with protest representatives to balance the housing demonstration with a planned Christmas market scheduled for the same square from 13 November to 21 December. The court ruled that if coexistence is unfeasible, the Lisbon City Council must provide an alternative nearby location for the protest and ordered police not to disperse the demonstration.