Lisbon has announced a major campaign to expel immigrants living in the country without authorization starting this week.The campaign is set to continue over the coming months. On Monday, (May 5), the Portuguese government announced the beginning of a campaign to expel irregular immigrants. The first 4,500 requests to leave the country will be sent […]
When the European Union declared the 2020s as the Digital Decade, Portugal stepped forward as one of its most enthusiastic participants. The country promised to lead in digital administration, simplify public services, and modernize everything from tax filing to healthcare access. Yet somewhere between ambition and execution, the system became tangled in its own bureaucracy. […]
Introduction Europe’s digital transformation was supposed to make government simple. Fewer papers, fewer queues, fewer headaches. Yet in Brussels, where ideas are grand and meetings eternal, digital progress has taken a uniquely European twist. The goal was efficiency, but the result often feels like an online obstacle course where every click opens another form. Citizens […]
