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Some people just like to be negative. Indeed Portugal is quite progressive. A quick run through of some relevant points,
Regulated surrogacy (for medical conditions).
Of course, no country is perfect, but indeed there has been an immense cultural shift in the last say, 40 years or so. Older people will be more conservative, but even the culture is one of tolerance, so there is not a lot of resistance to such shifts.
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Regarding language.
Most people under 40s will be able to hold a conversation in English, easily. As for older people, it depends on their education and profession.
That said, if you're planning on moving, learning Portuguese is a good idea. In terms of integration it is a big plus. In case it interests you, below are some (European) Portuguese learning resources I gathered for the crowd at /r/Portuguese.
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Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
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Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
http://pesquisa.fnac.pt/SearchResult/ResultList.aspx?SCat=0%211&Search=Aprender+portugu%C3%AAs&submitbtn=%EF%84%8B&sft=1&sa=0
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
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Apps
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
https://pptonline.acm.gov.pt/
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
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Games
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/course/1121957/portuguese-european-1/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
'Learn Portuguese - 6000 words' has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
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Online courses
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
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Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
https://www.italki.com/
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Group Practice
There is a skype group for practise, see the sticky on /r/Portuguese
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
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Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
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Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
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Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
http://www.rtp.pt/play/
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
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Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
https://youtu.be/Zk7eDn6YWQs
Here is a channel quite a few Portuguese documentaries, many with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
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Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries
/r/musicanova
Also see these threads with lyric music videos in /r/Portuguese.
(Part 1) http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
(Part 2) https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/4lkfrs/a_few_music_videos_with_lyrics_european/