The prime minister clarified the scale in Budapest on Monday, where he watched the Europa League final match with his Hungarian colleague Viktor Órban. A scale that aroused criticism and which now deserved clarification from the head of government when he stated that he had received an invitation from the president of UEFA to watch the match between Sevilla and Roma, the Italian team led by Jose Mourinho.
“On May 31, the Prime Minister traveled to Chisinau (Moldova) to participate in the European Political Community Summit, which took place the following morning. to the invitation addressed to him by the President of UEFA to attend the Europa League final matchthe Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.
The note also mentions that the prime minister had “appropriate protocol treatment, as he sat next to his Hungarian counterpart, with whom he naturally maintains working relations”.
On Saturday, the president of the republic said he did not see a “specific political problem” on the scale of the prime minister in Hungary, where he attended a football match with Viktor Orbán, emphasizing that the two countries are allies in the European Union. .
Hungary is a state of the European Union (EU). [Viktor Orbán] is Prime Minister of the European Union. We can agree or disagree with him on migration, economic and social policies and many things, but he is part of the group of countries that are our natural allies in the EU,” said Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
On May 31, António Costa, traveling in an Air Force Falcon 50, made a stopover in Budapest on his way to Moldova for the European Political Community Summit, without the stop appearing on his public agenda. as reported by the observer.
The stop in Hungary drew criticism from the opposition, who demanded clarification from António Costa.
The fact that I made a stopover on the way or stopped for an hour and a half to two hours to support a Portuguese and watch a football match, I honestly do not see that there is a specific problem politically,” said Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
The President of the Republic had already announced on Friday that the Prime Minister had informed him of the stopover in Budapest.
With Lusa
Source: DN
