The prime minister rejected this Monday that he was throwing “a fiscal or budgetary tantrum” and insisted that the PSD/CDS-PP Government’s plan is to “make a difference” in reducing taxes, reiterating the importance of approving the OE2025.
Luís Montenegro spoke at the inauguration of the Omni fish processing unit, in Peniche, the third point on the agenda that he had this Monday morning in this municipality of the Leiria district, and in which he never responded to questions from the media. communication. “I have already said many things today,” he said, when questioned by journalists as he left the company.
From the pulpit, the prime minister reiterated that, for the executive he leads, “Fiscal policy is an instrument of economic policy,” Returning to defend the need for the country to reduce taxes so that companies are more competitive and on work, in particular, of young people to retain talent in Portugal.
“When we talk about this We’re not throwing any fiscal or budget tantrums, we’re really making a difference. Of course, I am not unaware of the political reality that is coming, I already know that I do not have an absolute majority in parliament and I already know that the Government will have to reach out to other parties so that we can execute this plan. . But this is the plan,” he stressed.
Montenegro wanted to take advantage of the inauguration of this new business unit to “also sell its fish”, with a single direct reference to the General State Budgets for next year, whose approval is still uncertain, precisely due to differences with the PS in terms of reducing the CRI.
“For there to be success, for there to be growth, for there to be wealth, everyone has to collaborate, Public powers have to collaborate, they have to feel responsible, they have to know how to foresee the future, they have to approve the State budgets, as they have done, and they have to follow policies that are friendly to companies and friendly to workers,” he stated.
Source: Observadora
