OE? “There is no point in creating expectations where they do not exist”

A margin of a visit to the fair of light in Lisbon, Paulo Raimundo was asked about the meetings of the government with the parties next week, in which the general lines of the budget proposal for 2027 will be presented.

“ The expectation about the State Budget is zero, practically”, replied Paulo Raimundo, who did not want to anticipate a vote against a proposal he does not know, but also warned that “it is not worth creating expectations where they do not exist”.

The Communist Secretary-General warned that if the State Budget “is yet another instrument to implement the policy that is under way”, the party cannot support it.

“We cannot support a policy that is against the National Health Service. We cannot support a policy that is to increase rents, increase the cost of living, increase in housing, increase in food prices, increase in fuel. Not with us. And even I am surprised some who are available to support this ", highlighted.

The Communist Secretary-General called for a “policy of courage of iron and fire” to combat the increase in the cost of living in its various aspects, from the crisis in housing, fuel or food, insisting on the need to tax extraordinary profits.

Considering that a “break option” is needed, the Communist deputy argued that it is “every time it is more evident that this option does not come from the government, nor from the PS, – that he wants to keep a little in the same way, perhaps masking the rhythm, – let alone from Enough, who wants to speed up the problem that is already put in our country”.

Paulo Raimundo also commented on the fact that PSD and CDS-PP have again delivered a project to restrict access to the National Health Service by foreign citizens not resident in Portugal, an initiative approved with the Aça in the past legislature, but that expired due to elections.

The Communist said that the government “is trying to divert attention from the fundamental issue”, which he considered to be the lack of health professionals and the lack of investment in the NHS.

Paulo Raimundo also pointed to the “26 million tourists who visit” Portugal: “We also need to look at this dimension of the problem that affects our National Health Service,” he added.

In this visit to the fair, in which he contacted some of the merchants, Paulo Raimundo was accompanied by the councilor of the PCP in the City Council of Lisbon, João Ferreira, and the president of the parish council of Carnide, Susana Cruz, elected by the PCP/PEV coalition.