The Algarve branch of the Social Democrat Party has met to discuss the government’s proposed 2019 State Budget and is not impressed, claiming the region "is becoming indistinguishable from the Sahara."
"The 2019 Budget ignores the fundamental needs of the Algarve, which translates into a flagrant violation of commitments, with the Algarve having being left out of the Government's planning for the last four years".