The Prime Minister, António Costa, says he will not be available for a position in the European Union after the June 2024 elections, the newspaper Público writes this Monday.
In a response to the newspaper reacting to the news that Brussels will put pressure on the Portuguese Prime Minister to go to the European Council, António Costa explained that he will not accept any mission that endangers the stability of the country.
“I guarantee stability. I have already explained to everyone that I will not accept any mission that would jeopardize the stability in Portugal. Would I ever jeopardize the stability that I have won so hard?” he wondered.
Público also writes that the Prime Minister’s unavailability to occupy European positions is linked to “his concern not to provoke political crises in Portugal”.
The paper adds other factors to that, including the idea that António Costa “is 100% focused on fulfilling the Prime Minister’s mandate until the end of the legislature, which ends after the September or October 2026 legislature, and on implementing the objectives he proposes, namely the Portuguese fiscal stabilization “.
Source: DN
