Prime minister assumes command of Budget negotiations

  • ECO News
  • 7 October 2021

António Costa will personally take over the negotiations on the proposed 2022 State Budget with former “Gerigonça" partners BE, PCP, PEV and PAN, reports Público.

The prime minister will personally take over the negotiations on the proposed 2022 State Budget with former “Gerigonça” partners BE, PCP, PEV and PAN, reports Público.

After the general guidelines had been presented to the political parties with seats in parliament, meetings were scheduled to be held with parliamentary partners on Wednesday and Thursday.

On Friday an extraordinary Council of Ministers is scheduled to finalise the proposal, which will be delivered on Monday to Parliament. However, negotiations with partners that may be included in the proposed Budget are expected to continue over the weekend, according to the same newspaper.