The former President of the Republic writes about funds of “unsuspected size” and recalls that the money from the PRR should be used to ensure “economic growth of around 3-4%/year”
Cavaco Silva warned of the need to make good use of European funds so that “it is not just money wasted by the Government on problems.” In an article published by the PSD delegation in the European Parliament, the former President of the Republic praised the European Union and the way in which it has been responding to the “great current challenges”, but did not forget the money from the Recovery and Resilience. (PRR) that Portugal has to use.
“We hope that the unprecedented size of European funds that are going to Portugal are used to ensure economic growth of around 3-4%/year and are not just money that the government throws on the problems, without solving them”, wrote. the former head of state, recalling that it is an “extraordinary instrument” that is “a fundamental step to overcome the crisis”.
He pointed out that the European Union has been “responding to today’s great challenges”, that it “shows a vitality that disappoints the prophets of ruin who cyclically announce their death” and continued in defense of European values by mentioning that “from the alley With no way out, critics find themselves contradicted by reality: the existence of a cohesive project, in which natural and unavoidable tensions do not endanger the common goal”.
Cavaco Silva considers that the leadership of Ursula von der Leyen “surprises on the positive side” and stresses that the EU, in relation to the war in Ukraine, has been “firm around the ideals that define it”, further emphasizing that ” It is urgent to reinforce Europe’s strategic, energetic, scientific and technological autonomy, freeing the European bloc from any dependency on politically reliable countries”.
Cavaco Silva returns to the PSD event almost 30 years later
Source: Observadora
