Portugal’s Costa Expects Friday’s Demonstration Will Be Orderly
- Planned demonstration is inspired by Yellow Vests movement
- Costa’s Socialist government faces general election in October
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Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa said he expects that a planned Friday demonstration inspired by France’s Yellow Vests movement will be orderly and follow the law.
“It’s legitimate to expect that demonstrations exist and that they take place calmly and respect the law, as is the tradition’’ in Portugal, Costa said in comments broadcast by television channel SIC Noticias. Transport infrastructure workers and nurses are among those who have been on strike recently.