Portugal is heavily bureaucratic and centralized in Lisbon

Fire/reduce public servants and spread them away from Lisbon, there, solved!

sources:

"highest increase in jobs can be seen in central administration"

https://www.portugalresident.com/number-of-public-sector-wor...

https://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=19963&langId=e...

76% centralized government https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/b9b...