Police cleared a tent camp in Lisbon's Rossio Square on Sunday after thousands marched through central Lisbon on Saturday demanding the minority centre-right government withdraw a rental bill. Prime Minister Luis Montenegro ruled out scrapping the bill but said he was open to amending it ahead of a final vote in coming weeks.
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Protesters had pitched more than 50 tents in Rossio Square after a march through central Lisbon on Saturday that drew thousands.
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Police moved into Lisbon's Rossio Square on Sunday to clear a tent camp erected after thousands marched demanding Portugal's minority centre-right government withdraw a rental bill they say would worsen the country's housing crisis.
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a police intervention involving force, physical violence or baton charges, the kind of scenes we witnessed last week.
arrogantly imposing its views, sometimes even with authoritarian overtones
have to move closer
the main line of action is the government's programme
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Protesters had pitched more than 50 tents in Rossio Square after a march through central Lisbon on Saturday that drew thousands.
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Separately, police dismantled a similar, though smaller, tent camp in Porto's Dom Joao I square.
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