The “importance of implementing policies to reduce inflation and its consequences” was emphasized this Friday during the meeting of the Council of State chaired by the President of the Republic in Palácio da Cidadela, in Cascais.
According to a note published on the website of the Presidency of the Republic, the only item on the agenda of the meeting was the “analysis of the economic and social situation in Portugal”.
“In the context of the interventions of the councilors, the obstacles and challenges facing Portugal, in economic and social terms, given the current framework of uncertainties and difficulties, both at national, European and global level”indicates the announcement.
It also highlighted the importance of policies to reduce inflation and its consequences and to encourage growth, with the aim of combating poverty, reducing social inequalities and the well-being of citizens. “can be read.
This was the 26th meeting of the Council of State convened by Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa since he became head of state on March 9, 2016.
The Council of State, chaired by the President of the Republic, has as inherent members the holders of the positions of President of the Assembly of the Republic, Prime Minister, President of the Constitutional Court, Ombudsman, Presidents of regional governments and former Presidents of the Republic.
In accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, it also includes five citizens appointed by the Head of State for the period corresponding to the duration of their mandate, and five elected by the Assembly of the Republic, in accordance with the principle of proportional representation, for the period corresponding to the term of the legislature.
When he started his second term on March 9, 2021, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa appointed the writer Lídia Jorge as state councilor and renamed the former CDS-PP leader António Lobo Xavier, the former PSD chairman Luís Marques Mendes, the chairman of the Champalimaud Foundation, Leonor Beleza, and the neuroscientist António Damásio.
Source: DN
