For Catarina Martins, “it is not only necessary to understand how to stop the crisis, but it is also necessary to regulate, because without regulation there are a few who always make many millions and then the taxpayers always end up paying for the crises “.
“We draw attention to the following: the financial system was not regulated after the 2008 crisis, that is, what was needed was not learned,” Catarina Martins replied to journalists on the sidelines of a meeting of nurses from private hospitals in Lisbon, when asked about the problems at some international banks.
The BE, its leader recalled, “has been warning for years” of the need for “strict regulation of the financial system”.
“Such regulation not only existed, but new highly speculative sectors – such as cryptocurrencies – also appeared and entered the financial system, causing more problems,” he said.
For Catarina Martins, “it is not only necessary to understand how to stop the crisis, but it is also necessary to regulate, because without regulation there are a few who always make many millions and then the taxpayers always end up paying for the crises “.
According to the bloc leader, in an international financial system “what happens always has consequences in all countries”, defending swift action.
When asked about Sonae’s profits, Catarina Martins said that “the government doesn’t seem to believe there is a problem with prices in Portugal, which is the fact that food products are rising more than anything else and there is no explanation for it”.
“And the government, instead of acting, says it will create a price observatory. I propose a profit observatory, because that way it might become clear how everyone who goes to the supermarket is being robbed by an industry that accumulates profits, which will pay more dividends this year than last year. The only thing that is shrinking is wages. It is unacceptable,” he criticized again.
Source: DN
