EFSI steps towards September launch

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So here's the news so far: the metro is on strike for the eighth time this year in protest at the sale of an operating concession to a foreign company (Avanza) and possible job cuts; a controlling 61% stake in the national flag carrier has been sold to an international consortium to a cacophony of worker dissent; there is a visibly increased police presence on the streets; and some low-life stole my wallet with all of my credit cards and cash. Welcome to Lisbon, capital of the country that is supposed to be on the up and up but the only sign of economic activity I can see is a rather disturbing obsession with four-star city centre self-styled boutique hotels that have proliferated to an extent the world surely doesn't need and which are trying so hard to be cool and uber-hip that it has long ceased being funny.