Well, Johannes might answer this question better if you are looking for a Northern perspective. As for a southerner's perspective, it's bad. Pretty bad. The only good thing that has happened in recent years is that the number of births of negroids and of mixed negroid-caucasoid individuals is very down. Some analysts say that most africans in Portugal are either leaving for their homeland or only reproduce among themselves.
From my perspective, the government represents nothing which could be called the Portuguese Essence or the Portuguese Soul. Our fado/saudade symbolism is a fact and a part of our culture, not the whole. Cultural differentiation (moreso than racial) is very strong between north and south though some occasional enclaves share alot in common (for example in live near Setubal, southern of the Tagus, but my village was created by gallegos and northern portuguese, which would explain some cultural ties to the north).
The image our government tries to emphasize is one of multiculturalism, which is true, but also an idea of open doors to the world, which, as a matter of fact, most portuguese don't sponsor.
Oh well, I could go indepth on this one but i'm really busy with work right now, i'll post some more later.
