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On the morning of the 6th Tourism Summit, at the Champalimaud Foundation, the prime minister found out about everything, and especially about the new airport —on which he made a long exposition, in an almost stand, about all the moments of the last 15 years and warned that whatever the solution is will have “80% opposition”. In between, he announced that this week the Government will approve the methodology by the decision and the proposal that block veto power the location by the cameras.
António Costa told the impatient audience that “whoever waited 50 years surely waits one more”, but also that he wants to have the “team set up soon” and the work delivered. “quickly”. On the part of the Government, he said that the Council of Ministers this Thursday will approve the methodology that was advanced last Friday, after closing the agreement with the PSD, and also the proposal that changes the powers of the municipalities, limiting their veto power. to class I, II and III aerodromes. Class IV, which includes airports, is left out. “Municipalities must be taken into account, but they cannot condition the decision,” explained the prime minister.
Regarding the election of the coordinator of the Strategic Environmental Assessment, which he spoke about on Friday, Costa now says that it will be proposed jointly by the president of the Superior Council of Public WorksCarlos Mineiro Aires, president of the Council of Rectors Portuguese Universities, António de Sousa Pereira, and by the president of the National Council for the Environment and Sustainable DevelopmentFilipe Duarte Santos. The choice must be endorsed by the prime minister, who is responsible for the appointment.
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Source: Observadora
