The Government’s proposed law on Major Options for the period 2024-2028 has been presented to Parliament and is based on six challenges, with funding planned for this year of 9.408 billion euros, the document states.
According to the proposal, Between 2024 and 2028, nearly 58 billion euros are planned for these challenges.
The first challenge listed by the executive is “a more just and supportive country,” which includes measures to “creating conditions and opportunities for young people to be able to carry out their life projects in Portugal”as well as initiatives to support families and the elderly. For this challenge, the planned investment is 1,132 million euros in 2024, for a total of 5,703 million euros over the four years.
oh Second challenge: “a richer, more innovative and competitive country” — includes measures to support businesses and investment in new markets, among others, with a recorded funding of 2.756 billion euros this year and 15.674 billion euros until 2028.
The third challenge identified by the Government, “a country with a more efficient State” wants reforms at this level, including in the health sector. The funding planned for 2024 is 647 million euros and 2.424 billion euros over the four years covered.
For him Fourth challenge, “a more democratic, open and transparent country”The Government allocated 62 million euros this year (333 million until 2028) to reforms such as the Justice reform.
The fifth challenge, called “a greener and more sustainable country”, It aims for a new generation of environmental and energy policies, with an investment of 4.69 billion euros this year and 33.353 billion euros in the period analysed.
Finally, the Sixth challenge, “a more global and humanistic country”includes foreign policy and immigration, for a total of 121 million euros this year and 446 million euros in 2028.
“Implementing the Big Options 2024-2028 requires an ambitious set of investment policies and measures,” the executive said in the document.
The Government explains that the sources of funding in this context “are distributed between the State Budget and the European framework of financing instruments, namely, PT 2020, in its closing phase, the initiative to Aid the Recovery of Cohesion and the Territories of Europe (REACT EU), the Recovery and Resilience Programme (PRR), and PT 2030, which materialises the programming cycle of European funds for the period 2021-2027”.
Source: Observadora
