The president of Chega said on Tuesday that, through contacts with the Spanish Vox party, he became aware of an alleged set of measures agreed between Portugal and Spain to combat the energy crisis, asking the Prime Minister for clarification.
At a press conference at the party’s headquarters, André Ventura stated that he met, through contacts linked to the Spanish party Vox (from the same political family as Chega), “that the Government of António Costa will have agreed with the Government of Pedro Sánchez in Spain on a package of measures that will be announced this month, similar to those that Spain announced to its citizens, and that these These measures would have been the subject of an agreement between the Portuguese Government and the Spanish Government, as a consequence of such an Iberian mechanism.
André Ventura said on several occasions that the information was collected through these contacts with the Vox party, but he stressed not be sure of its veracityasking for clarifications from the President of the Government, António Costa.
Among the alleged measures, the Chega leader continued, will be “temperature limits in public buildings, in private commercial spaces, in train stations, buses and airports”, public buildings will have their lights off “from 10 p.m. hours”. the entire national territory and some buildings and cultural monuments will no longer have lighting and heating”.
Ventura also spoke of “limits to industrial and private consumption.”
According to information collected by the party, “the government is probably preparing to announce these measures in August, which will come into force from September.”
If this information is true, we are facing a real political coup,” he defended, asking the Executive to clarify whether or not the alleged measures will advance, and when, and contesting that they do not go through parliament.
“We want to make it clear that Chega will not allow these measures to advance without there being a parliamentary discussion about them,” he stressed.
From next midnight, Spain adopts “urgent measures” to save energy that include shop windows without lighting at night and air conditioning at 27 degrees in summer in public and commercial spaces.
Energy. Spain closes shop windows and raises the air conditioning to 27 degrees at midnight
The “shock plan for energy saving and management” announced by the Spanish Government provides that the refrigerated spaces have a minimum temperature of 27 degrees and that the heating, when winter arrives, does not exceed 19.
All spaces with direct entry from the street have until September 30 to install a system of doors that remain closed when no one enters or leaves.
In addition, they have until September 2 to publish information on the interior temperature and the measures taken to save energy.
They are covered by these energy saving measures, which will be valid until November 2023official and public administration buildings, commercial spaces, hotels and restaurants, cultural spaces (such as cinemas, theaters, museums or auditoriums), train, bus or metro stations and airports.
The decree published by the Spanish Government provides exceptions for the air conditioning and heating of spaces such as restaurant kitchens, gyms, hairdressers, hospitals, nursing homes or laboratories.
Source: Observadora
