Portugal's Deputy Prime Minister, Paulo Portas, spent an uncomfortable afternoon in Parliament trying his best to answer questions about his failed Golden Visa project which has seen many already wealthy property owners shift their houses, and an elite cadre of public servants enrich themselves in the process.
Portas claimed that the Golden Visa scheme is not a huge money laundering operation and that he certainly was not going to resign over the furore created by last week’s arrests and resignations, including that of Miguel Macedo, the Minister for Internal Affairs.