Portuguese Finance Minister Joaquim Miranda Sarmento (L) shakes hands with President of the Portuguese Parliament Jose Pedro Aguiar-Branco prior to presenting him the Government's 2025 state budget 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)