Cika wannan jumla: Portugal ta shiga cikin Ƙungiyar Tarayyar Turai (EC) a shekara ta 1986, kuma daga baya ta sami babban tallafin kuɗi don ƙarfafa sake ginawa. An inganta kayan aikin Lisbon na gida tare da sabon saka hannun jari kuma tashar tashar jiragen ruwa ta zama mafi girma a gabar tekun Atlantika. Birnin ya kasance a cikin hasken rana a matsayin Birnin Turai na Al'adu na 1994, da kuma mai masaukin Expo '98 da kuma
Gasar zakarun Turai ta 2004. Shekarar 2006 ta ga ci gaba da ayyukan sabunta birane a duk faɗin birni, tun daga maido da Praça de Touros (Lisbon's bullring) da sake buɗe shi a matsayin wurin taron da yawa, zuwa inganta tsarin metro da gyaran gini a cikin Alfama.