The prime minister apologized on Friday for the “unfortunate expression” he used in response to a question about reasons for not contacting Lisbon’s mayor after the floods in recent days.
On Thursday evening, at the press conference following the European Council meeting in Brussels, the Prime Minister was asked about the reasons for not contacting the Mayor of Lisbon after the capital, Portugal, suffered major flooding as a result. of severe flooding. is raining.
Already after that press conference, without a microphone, he vented to the journalists: “May I ask why he [Carlos Moedas] didn’t call me when my house flooded”.
This Friday, after participating in the presentation session of the extraordinary support for the social and solidarity sector, in Lisbon, the leader of the executive spoke about this episode.
“I had yesterday [quinta-feira] an unfortunate expression, after almost 14 hours of meetings. I made an angry aside, I shouldn’t have done it and I apologise,” he said.
When asked if he ever felt the need to recant along with Carlos Moedas, the prime minister replied: “I think he said himself that the case was closed”.
As for the phrase he used in relation to the liberal initiative, in an interview with Visão magazine, speaking of “muffins that squeak”, António Costa said it was “an informal expression”.
“This idea that prime ministers are like carnival puppets, who are thrown balls and have to catch and swallow them, is not so in life. It was an answer that even complimented Dr. Cotrim Figueiredohe stated, in an allusion to the outgoing leader of the Liberal Initiative.
Source: DN
