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The Prime Minister, António Costa, rules out the scenario of an eventual political crisis due to the State Budgets for 2021 (OE2021), considering that it would be “absolutely crazy and unjustified” in the current crisis conditions, and guarantees that the negotiations are taking place finished. Progress.
“We already have a health crisis, he added an economic crisis, a social crisis, having a political crisis was absolutely crazy and unjustified,” said the president on Monday in statements to journalists, before a working dinner with the president of the Commission European, Ursula von der Leyen, in São Bento.
António Costa stressed that he still does not believe “that nothing justifies this happening”, since he considers “that the negotiations that are taking place to have a good Budget for 2021”.
“Is it easy? No, it is not easy, as it has never been over the years, but that is part of democracy,” he admitted, adding that “when there is no majority, it is necessary to negotiate and find solutions that allow a majority to make the budget available. State and we are working on that “.
The Prime Minister assures that the Government is preparing the document “with the tranquility of always”, although the deadline for this year is earlier, since it will have to enter the Parliament on October 12. “Negotiations with our parliamentary partners have been progressing with positive progress and that is why I am confident that this year, as in the previous four years, we will have a good budget for next year,” he said.
“More than ever it is important to have a good budget because overcoming this economic and social crisis does not depend only on European support. It begins, first of all, by depending on ourselves, on how we are able to adopt good policies to respond to the needs of companies, strengthen and have confidence in their future, fight against unemployment and protect unemployment and create a climate of trust. so that economic agents have confidence to invest and take advantage of the resources made available by the European Union, “he said in a warning.
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