How Portugal Resisted Europe’s Populist Wave

How Portugal Resisted Europe’s Populist Wave
Portugal’s prime minister, Antonio Costa, speaks to journalists after holding a meeting with his Moroccan counterpart, Saadeddine El Othmani, in Rabat, Morocco, Dec. 4, 2017 (AP photo by Mosa'ab Elshamy).

In this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, managing editor, Frederick Deknatel, and associate editor, Omar H. Rahman, discuss the ongoing protests in Iran. For the Report, Trish Lorenz talks with Peter Dörrie about how Portugal’s center-left governing coalition has bucked European trends since assuming power in 2015, by softening austerity measures without disrupting the country’s economic recovery.

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