By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 14:17 EST, 12 November 2012 | UPDATED: 02:57 EST, 13 November 2012 Angela Merkel was greeted with Nazi jibes from protesters in Lisbon today as she arrived in the Portuguese capital to advocate the benefits of austerity and economic reforms. As with her recent trips to bailed-out Greece and debt-stricken Spain, demonstrators unhappy about tax hikes and pay cuts devised to improve public finances turned their anger on the German leader. Portugal needed a 78 billion euro ($99 billion) rescue package last year when it was engulfed by the eurozone's debt crisis and living standards have dropped sharply.
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Demonstrators wore T-shirts saying 'Adolf Merkel' and including a swastika
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Signs say 'Merkel Nazi, Go Away!' and, in German 'Merkel Raus' (Merkel Out)
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German Chancellor arrived in Lisbon to renew endorsement of spending cuts and tax increases
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Local newspaper says measures have 'made a Frankenstein out of Portugal'
@placeholder and the Portugal's center-right government insist austerity policies must continue.