Similarly, Portugal’s center-right Social Democratic Party has pushed a tough pro-austerity line, including tax hikes and spending cuts, since coming to power in 2011. But new measures introduced last month have driven an increasingly frustrated population – which, until recently, had endured painful austerity with little of the public outcry seen elsewhere in southern Europe – to the streets to demand a general election two years ahead of schedule.
类似地，自2011年执政以来，葡萄牙中右翼社会民主党（Social Democratic Party）成功推行了严苛紧缩政策，包括增税和减支。但上个月引入的新措施促使日益失望的民众走上街头——到目前为止，葡萄牙人民忍受着痛苦的紧缩，并且没有像其他南欧国家那样大呼小叫——要求提前两年举行大选。