20% of projects involving foreign investment in Portugal ‘on hold’

Of 158 projects involving foreign investment announced for Portugal, 32 have been held up – possibly facing cancellation – due to the pandemic.

The revelation has come from consultancy EY which stresses that even so, the impact of the virus outbreak on Portugal will almost certainly be less than the European average, which suggests as much as 35% of foreign investment projects could be “delayed, strongly adjusted or cancelled” altogether.