LISBON, Oct 13 ― Portugal's Socialist government unveiled its draft 2021 budget yesterday, offering more subsidies to the poorest hit by the coronavirus pandemic and betting on public investment to relaunch growth. “This budget has very clear priorities: fighting the pandemic, protecting people...
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“This budget has very clear priorities: fighting the pandemic, protecting people and supporting the economy and employment,” Prime Minister Antonio Costa said in a video released on Twitter, adding the measures would put €550 million in Portuguese families' pockets. “This budget has everything to be approved . Our availability to continue the dialogue is total,” the secretary of state for parliamentary affairs, Duarte Cordeiro, told reporters.
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