Prime Minister Luís Montenegro declared this morning, October 4, that he is not concerned with a possible lead of the 2026 State Budget. “It doesn’t seem to me that there are reasons to be worried or less optimistic”said the social democrat, who is in municipal campaign in the north of the country. More stated “Do not glimpse reasons” for the disapproval of OE in Parliament.
The statement to journalists took place in the municipality of Chaves, where he supports the PSD candidate Marcelo Delgado. Still on OE, he admitted that “hits” may occur and assured that a “dialogue that will begin after the debate of the Assembly of the Republic” will occur.
At the same time, he stressed that the biggest opposition parties “will have responsibility” for approval, without quoting the Socialist Party (PS) and arrives. It is recalled that the government’s proposal was approved by the Council of Ministers on FridayOctober 3rd.
The document is expected to be delivered to Parliament next Friday, October 10, starting the budget process, which will end on October 28 with the general vote. The proposal will be voted on the specialty on November 27.
Refusal to sell weapons to Israel
Another subject commented by the Prime Minister was the controversy at the base of the slabs. Montenegro refused “a sale of weaponry to Israel” and anything that can be understood in this regard. “We did not intervene in any act that could be understood as a sale of weaponry to Israel. It was a scale of planes [na base das Lajes]not exactly weaponry, “he said.
At issue is the passage of three American F-35 aircraft to be delivered to Israel, in an operation to which it had no information and, as such, did not give its information. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MNE) has taken this failure. Paulo Rangel’s folder stated that there was “Obvious a failure of procedure, contrary to internal instructions given by the Minister of State and Foreign Affairs.”