Portugal is rapidly losing its young people. Will this new scheme convince them to stay? | The Guardian

” I was surrounded by young, highly educated Portuguese students who all agreed upon one thing: after graduating, they would be leaving the country,” Adam Almeida writes in The Guardian.

Will the new tax scheme aimed at the under-35s work to keep them from leaving?

As one young man who graduated with a master’s in civil engineering put it to Almeida, “I think it’s a very interesting policy, but it really doesn’t change our lives.”

Read on for more.

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