Rallies non-political movement which claimed the country's northern city of Porto and another 400,000 in capital 500,000 was held by March. There is no official estimate of the crowd.
But the mood of the crowd was clearly politically, demanding fresh elections with banners declaring "elections Portugal!" And "In a democracy you go to sleep, you wake up in dictatorship".
A banner caption center-right Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho with a photo shows: "I'm in the street today, tomorrow you will be."
Portugal 78 billion euros (103 billion dollars) worth of May 2011 was a financial rescue package of austerity measures and economic reforms in return for a commitment to your financial affairs straight.
Lisbon 4.5 percent of GDP this year to reduce its public deficit, but the government has recently acknowledged that it was impossible to reach the target of recession can.
Finance Minister Vitor Gaspar said the economy contracted by around two per cent is expected this year, double an earlier forecast is.
European Union, European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund - which bail out Portugal's public debt Week March organizers of the so-called Troika are galvanized by opposition.
Joao Semedo, leader of the left one block away he said, "This demonstration is a clear indication that the 'Troika' and the government is not wanted in this country,".
March teachers, health care workers and pensioners particularly hard on the budget cuts have been affected by the Group.
In 2012, after cutting salaries and pension benefits, this year the government announced a general tax increase and four billion Euro is expected to impose further cuts.
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