 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 200809, apo Great Recession yakatanga kurova Portugal uye yakatarisana nekuderera uye kushaikwa kwemabasa kwakanyanya, kuderedza kwakaderedzwa sechikamu chehurongwa hweEuropean hwekusimudzira hupfumi. Kunyange zvakadaro, kutsigirwa kwaSócrates nevaSocialist kwakaderera uye bato riri kutonga rakarasikirwa nehuwandu hwaro musarudzo dza2009. Hurumende yechipiri yaJosé Sócrates yakatarisana nokuderera kwemamiriro ezvinhu ezveupfumi nemari yenyika, nechikwereti chakakwira uye chikwereti chinokura. Austerity yakadzorerwa muna 2010 apo nyika yakapinda mumatambudziko emari akaoma mumamiriro ezvinhu eEurope chikwereti chinetso. 