Public holidays celebrated in Portugal are a mix of religious (Roman Catholic), Town, City, national and by Autonomous regions of Portugal.
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Public holidays in Portugal
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Revoked holidays in 2013–2015
In 2012, the Coalition government of Pedro Passos Coelho controversially revoked four holidays — two civilian holidays (Republic Day and Restoration of Independence) and two religious ones (Corpus Christi and All Saints Day). The move was effective from 2013 onwards and was presented as a measure to increase productivity, in the context of the 2011–2014 Troika bailout to Portugal (even though that measure was never requested by the Memorandum of Understanding). Public debate and re-evaluation were scheduled in 2018 for the religious holidays.
The four holidays were eventually restored by the government of António Costa, in January 2016.