During his tenure , Portugal experienced its deadliest wildfires ever , firstly in Pedrogão Grande in June 2017 ( 65 dead ) and later across the country in October 2017 ( 41 dead ) . In October 2017 , the opposition People 's Party ( CDS ) launched a motion of no-confidence in Costa 's government over its failure to prevent the loss of human lives in the lethal Iberian wildfires , the second such disaster in four months ; the motion was largely symbolic as the minority Socialist government continued to be backed in parliament by two left-wing parties . In early 2019 , Costa 's government survived another opposition motion of no confidence lodged over a wave of public sector strikes
Iberian wildfires
October 2017 Iberian wildfires
António Costa