Carneiro wants PS to return to “passion for education” and makes promise

O pS Secretary General today argued in the new General States of the PS that socialists should return to “passion for education” and promised for the beginning of 2027 a strategic pact for productivity, competitiveness and wage convergence.

Under the motto “We count all” and with the aim of preparing an alternative government, the PS started today with its new General States in the Cold Greenhouse in Lisbon, having in the closing speech José Luís Carneiro made criticism of the Government for “facilitism and softness” with which he promised what “could not” in areas such as housing, health and economy.

Beyond the criticism, the leader of the PS mainly took advantage of this intervention, which was being heard by many notable leaders and former leaders of the PS, to present the party's priorities and proposals in various areas.

Speaking in the new General States, which were launched in 1995 by António Guterres, Carneiro resumed another brand of the former Prime Minister of the PS, the “passion for education”.

“ It has to be one of our main passions again, to which we have delivered part of our effort and our public resources. In education, we need objectives that are clear and transparent. We want to ensure full compliance with compulsory schooling of 12 years, that is, we want all young people to have at least 12 years of schooling”, he committed.

The Socialist criticised that the teacher “alone in the classroom” must respond to everything and argued that the school should extend to other qualified profiles that form “stable teams” so that the teacher can return to the “noble mission of teaching and preparing the society of the future”.

Another focus of Carneiro's concern is the hunger or scarcity of the quality of the food of many students, pointing out that “generalizing the meals of quality and making the meeting of students of various social conditions a place and a meeting point and sharing is a factor of educational success and inclusion”.

The Secretary-General focused part of his speech on the economy, saying that Portugal produces “on average less wealth than the most advanced economies in Europe”.

“ This difference in productivity leads wages to remain far from the European average and also leads to the emigration of our young people. It is to change this reality that we propose to Portugal a Strategic Pact for Productivity, Competitiveness and Salarial Convergence that we want to present at the beginning of next year ", announced.

The goal of the PS is to transform the way our economy produces, invests, innovates and competes.

“ We have to produce better, creating more value, bring technology and innovation to companies, invest better, gain scale and strengthen companies, create an export ambition, diversifying markets and valuing diaspora as a factor of insertion in global economic life, bet on people and create conditions for young people to meet their qualifications and ambitions in Portugal”, he said.

However, in order for this transformation to take place, it takes “a more agile and less bureaucratic state” and “a more agile, accessible and just justice”.

“A state in which decision-makers are afraid to decide is a state that is failing people. We have to stop being afraid to decide. This implies that we are available for a reform of justice to which the PS wants to contribute and wants to build viable solutions to meet this great challenge”, he assured.