OE. Enough says government predicts surplus of 0.2% next year

Pedro Pinto spoke to journalists in the Assembly of the Republic, accompanied by Manuela Tender, Rui Afonso and Eduardo Teixeira, at the end of a meeting with the Ministers of Finance and Parliamentary Affairs on the State Budget for next year.

The leader of Aquiz indicated that the government expects economic growth of “2% for next year, in the path of what has happened in recent years, and also seeks to have a surplus for the year to come of 0.2%”.

Pedro Pinto also said that “the government says it has a margin, probably 100 million” and refused to lower taxes.

At this first meeting with the Government on the State Budget for the coming year, the MP of the Aquida said he was “extremely concerned” and pointed out criticism.

“ What we understand is that it will be a zero budget, a budget without measures for the population, a budget that was more or less the basis of the budget for 2026, that is, a budget that does not lower taxes. We even wondered if there was any possibility of lowering taxes on fuel [...] and what we realized is that this government does not want to lower these taxes, it does not want to lower taxes on fuel, it does not want to lower the level of restoration, that is, everything that is to lower taxes on people to improve people's lives, Joaquim Miranda Sarmento does not want to do ", criticized.

The parliamentary leader of Aquista also indicated that the party will submit proposals for amendments to the government document and will insist on lowering the VAT on fuels and exempting this tax from a set of essential food items.

Asked how the Aquida will vote on the document in general, the leader refused to advance the sense of vote.

Still According to Peter Pinto the proposal will be presented by the Government in the Assembly of the Republic on October 9.