Sánchez praises Costa and says that Portugal has been an example of stability
At the press conference that marked the end of the 32nd summit between Portugal and Spain, which took place today in Trujillo, Spain, the head of the Spanish Government avoided commenting on the current Portuguese political situation, but referred to the “experience” that he has shared with the head of the Portuguese Government, namely in the meetings that the two have at European level.
“I can guarantee that there are few presidents of the European Council with the resources and skills that the Portuguese prime minister has,” said Sánchez.
Sánchez highlighted in António Costa the capacity for “dialogue and work to reach an agreement” at the level of the European institutions.
The Spanish Prime Minister argues that “the political system in Spain is completely different” from the Portuguese one, because “unlike Portugal, where the President of the Republic who summons the previous one, in Spain it is the President of the Government [primeiro-ministro espanhol]”that does it.
“I think Portugal is an example of stability,” said Pedro Sánchez.
The work of the Luso-Spanish Summit defined just before lunch with sectorial bilateral meetings, in which each minister meets with his counterpart from the other country, one of them between the two heads of government. members of the two delegations.
The meeting ended mid-afternoon with the signing of nine bilateral agreements before the two heads of government gave the press conference that closed the summit.
The summit had as its motto “sustainable mobility” and topics such as the implementation of the Common Strategy for Cross-Border Development and the execution of the Recovery and Resilience Plans were discussed.