Following recent housing protests, PS leader José Luís Carneiro expressed solidarity with demonstrators' grievances regarding cost of living and housing. He called for peaceful protests while urging security forces to ensure any use of force is proportional, noting that investigations by the IGAI are ongoing into recent police interventions in Porto.
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The organizers of a housing protest in Porto have publicly disavowed a viral video showing a demonstrator calling for an attack on the Prime Minister's home with a brick. The response follows the Prime Minister's office releasing the footage, which prompted widespread political condemnation of the violence.
About 60 people, primarily union members affiliated with the CGTP-IN, marched through Funchal on Saturday 17 October to demand higher wages and improved working conditions. This protest is part of a series of demonstrations organized by the union across various regions of Portugal.
Several thousand people marched in Porto on 17 October during a national demonstration organized by the CGTP trade union. About 100 housing activists joined the march, arriving at Praça D. João I, a focal point for recent housing protests following a police intervention on 15 October that resulted in 39 injuries.