“The problem is that there is a 20-year concession”, he pointed out, in an interview with Público and Rádio Renascença, stressing that “it is a [type of] tourism that does nothing for the city, nor is it in the city’s interest”.

The mayor said that, in order to reduce the concentration of tourists in downtown Lisbon, he “doubled the tourist tax” and is building cultural facilities “that are not all in the same area”.

“We need to divide tourism between the various areas of the city,” he stressed, noting that tourism accounts for 20% of the city’s economy and 25% of its employment. Moedas rejects the idea that there is too much tourism.

As for the controversial order for the Municipal Police to start making arrests, Carlos Moedas rejects that it is a concession to Chega: “This has nothing to do with the far right or the far left. This has to do with the city’s safety, with people’s concerns.” And, regarding criticism of the dirtiness of Lisbon’s streets, the mayor revealed that he is hiring 200 more workers to collect rubbish, complaining about a “dichotomy with the parishes” in which responsibility is not attributed to just one institution.

Moedas does not lift the veil on whether he will run again or not, but challenges the PS to “accept defeat” and let Montenegro govern because the Portuguese do not want to go to polling stations again.