The PAN spokesperson, Inês Sousa Real, said this Saturday that she hopes that the Government “does not remain proud and alone” regarding its proposals in the debate on the State Budget for 2025, arguing that the country needs stability.
“This phase of the specialty will be fundamental. We hope that the Government is not proud of its proposals and realizes that the country needs stability and commitment,” said Inês Sousa Real.
For the PAN spokesperson, who participated in the “Legumina” Vegetarian Nutrition Congress in Porto, the Government demonstrated that the State Budget for 2025 “It does not serve the Portuguese or the country’s priorities.“.
“A Government that is more concerned with giving a civilizational withdrawal and supporting bullfights than, for example, with ending the taxes that exist on firefighters is clearly a Government that is not in line with social concerns,” he pointed out. .
Before journalists, Inês Sousa Real affirmed that the Government “changed priorities” and maintained that the proposed changes to the budget presented by the PAN “respond to the legitimate wishes of the population” in terms of housing, transportation, health and the fight against climate. Emergencies and animal protection.
Until the end of the day on Friday, Parties with parliamentary seats presented 2,161 amendment proposals. of the State Budget for 2025. The PAN delivered more than 200 proposals for debate on the specialty of the document.
Asked if the PAN followed the socialists’ proposal for an extraordinary increase in pensions, the PAN leader agreed, but said that it was necessary to “go further” in the criteria.
“We present a proposal that aims to correct pensioners who were excluded when the update regime came into force in 2023. We understand that we must also go further in terms of the criteria for updating pensions precisely to combat the gap in gender that exists,” he noted, highlighting that poverty and social vulnerability “affects women above all.”
Inês Sousa Real also defended the need for medical expenses to be considered in the calculation of pensions, admitting that the PAN wants to “guarantee that these steps are taken in this budget.”
Also questioned about the failures in minimum services in the INEM strike, the PAN spokesperson considered that the emergency medical service should be “a priority for the Government.”
“We cannot have health that does not respond to extreme circumstances in life. The Portuguese have always trusted INEM. We need to ensure that we are able to have this response and not have setbacks at NHS level. Clearly the minister lost these conditions when we started having these cases. For much less, we saw layoffs in the health sector during the previous government,” he added.
In an event that aimed to raise awareness about the impact that food choices have on the environment, health and animal welfare, Inês Sousa Real highlighted the projects that are being implemented in schools, the result of a collaboration between ProVeg Portugal and some municipalities.
“Apparently the students resist less than some government officials, such as the Minister of Agriculture,” said the PAN leader, who wants totally vegetarian meals to be offered once a week in the Assembly of the Republic.
Source: Observadora
