Portuguese Finance Minister Joaquim Miranda Sarmento (C), accompanied by Portuguese Minister of Parliament Affairs Pedro Duarte (L), deliver the Government's 2025 state budget to President of the Portuguese Parliament Jose Pedro Aguiar-Branco (R) at the Portuguese parliament in Lisbon on October 10, 2024. The Portuguese government presented today the state budget for 2025 but risks being rejected by parliament and precipitating a political crisis. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP) (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP via Getty Images)