The Liberal Initiative (IL) accused PS and PSD of abandoning the Portuguese middle class. The accusation was made by liberal leader Mariana Leitão, who considered this social group to be "under attack" and to have become "invisible" to the government.
Mariana Leitão also put forward concrete proposals to support the middle class. The IL leader defended the need to lower income tax and to proceed with a reform of the pension system in Portugal.
The liberal leader's intervention comes in the context of a broader political debate about social and fiscal policies in Portugal, with the IL positioning itself as a defender of the interests of the Portuguese middle class.
