The Minister of Finance, Fernando Medina, admits that he leaves “a lot to do” in the ministry, recalling, for example, that the decision on the new airport “will correspond to the next Government.” On the day of the Government’s inauguration, Medina says he believes that the country is “in a position” to escape the impact of the economic slowdown in the European Union.
“Our estimates and indications that, fortunately, we have had until now do not point to [o abrandamento da economia europeia] “It is neither too long nor too deep,” said the minister, emphasizing that “from a budgetary point of view, the country has the instruments to choose the conditions and means to confront the forces of deceleration,” he said.
In statements in Brussels, on the sidelines of the Eurogroup meeting, Medina described the decision on a future airport to serve the capital as one of the decisions that “will correspond” to the next Government.
“The Technical Committee presented its studies, now it will be up to the next Government to decide, not only on the location it understands in relation to the new airport, but also on the conditions and means for its implementation,” he said. saying.
Asked whether the country’s finances are in a position to face the impact of the construction costs of the new airport, Fernando Medina referred to the conclusions of the Technical Commission, recalling that “to finance those eight billion, public resources are not necessary. to the extent that the operation of the new airport is in itself a profitable operation and, therefore, those eight billion euros will not come out of the State coffers.”
Regarding the rejection of ANA, the company that manages the Portuguese airports, to the Alcochete location, Fernando Medina affirms that it is an issue on which he does not comment and “it must be an issue that the next Government will have to decide, manage, execute and implement and on which I do not want to comment.
Source: TSF
