The government sent the European Commission its priorities for 2024 in a series of fifteen proposals, including a European initiative for affordable housing or a “framework for the resilience of water surfaces and water availability”.
In a note published on the executive’s official website, the government said these are Portugal’s main concerns sent under the European Commission’s work program for next year.
Of the fifteen proposals, the Executive highlights a European initiative for affordable housing, “a framework for water surface resilience and water availability (Rewater EU)” or “a permanent crisis response mechanism”.
Portugal has also “proposed a European program for the reconversion of workers for the twin transition, a European framework for governance and response to fires, a rural digital law for the modernization of the agricultural sector and a European strategy for advanced computers,” reads on the note.
“Despite the need to concentrate efforts to finalize several open legislative files ahead of the 2024 European Parliament elections, there are some urgent areas that, from a Portuguese perspective, require a coordinated European effort to make the European Union as one prosperous, modern and safe home for its citizens”, emphasizes the executive headed by António Costa.
The government also writes that these priorities “are the result of consultations with the various sectoral domains, the social partners and other stakeholders in civil society”.
As in 2022, this initiative gives Portugal the opportunity to have a proactive voice in planning the European Commission’s legislative agenda for next year, the note adds.
Source: DN
