Also asked to comment on the news that António Costa was making a stopover in Budapest to watch the Europa League final with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the communist opined that “it’s not normal”.
“Because it’s news, of course it has to be clarified by the Prime Minister,” he defended, since “it’s not normal, but all the country’s problems were this one.”
Regarding a possible desire by the leader of the executive branch to take a European position, Paulo Raimundo stated that “the Portuguese are the least concerned about whether or not this campaign goes ahead”.
The Observador newspaper reported today that António Costa made a stopover in Budapest on May 31, on his way to Moldova for the European Political Community Summit, without the event being scheduled.
According to the same newspaper, the head of the Portuguese government traveled in a Falcon 50 of the Portuguese Air Force and watched the Europa League football final match between Sevilla and Roma, the Italian team led by José Mourinho, with the Prime Minister. Hungarian minister Viktor Orbán.
Questioned by journalists on Friday, the president of the republic said he was aware of this scale.
The PCP Secretary-General was also questioned about the TAP Commission of Inquiry, which concluded its scheduled hearings, opining that “after all this time, the fundamental question remains as it is, which is the privatization of TAP”.
“I think the findings of the Commission of Inquiry will not change the fundamental issue for us, which is the economic and political crime committed with privatization,” he said.
Paulo Raimundo felt that “this is the fundamental issue, it will certainly pass, as it tried to pass the entire Commission of Inquiry”.
The PCP secretary-general said the prime minister will have to “learn a lesson” from all that has happened, but asked if they should continue to resign members of the government, he replied that “the Portuguese’s problem is not who are the protagonists, it is the policies they develop”.
“What’s the point of changing minister A, B or C if the policies are the same? For us it’s about people’s problems, and that’s what needs to be solved, and there’s no excuse not to fix it. release,” he said. stressed out.
On economic growth, the PCP’s secretary general agreed with the assessment of the president of the republic, who said on Friday that the country is experiencing a “twin reality” with overall economic data considered very good, take time to reach “the pockets of the families”.
Paulo Raimundo felt that “there is a brutal discrepancy between the announced figures and the euphoria of the economy and people’s lives”.
“There are two parallel realities, and the main problem we face is that the reality of those who are tighter, those who suffer the consequences of these political options, is greater than the reality of the staggering numbers being presented” , he emphasized. out. .
And he defended that “this wealth that is being created, and there is a lot of it”, “should be distributed in some other way, which is not happening”.
The Bank of Portugal forecasts that the Portuguese economy will grow by 2.7% this year and 2.4% in 2024, and is revising its GDP forecasts upwards.
The BdP also sees an improvement in the budget balance faster than the government, pointing to a deficit of 0.1% this year, followed by a surplus of 0.2% from 2024.
On the day that six years have passed since the fires that broke out in the municipality of Pedrógão Grande and caused the deaths of 66 people, the communist leader stressed the need to “create all the conditions to prevent it from happening again” and that ” the support was created, rightly created, reaching the people”.
Source: DN
