The President of the Republic considered this Tuesday that Portugal is closer to the effects of the over-19 pandemic, with recovery from the over-19 pandemic, reduction of control and deficit control but far from the growth dreamed of in 2019.

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa spoke at a ceremony for the presentation of New Year’s greetings by the diplomatic corps accredited in Portugal, at the Palace of Queluz, in which he appealed to common sense, taking into account “it is the rarest good today in domestic politics and in global politics “.

The head of state told foreign diplomats, with whom he did not meet in early 2020, that in these “two years of pandemic” they witnessed in Portugal “an abrupt economic crisis with immediate consequences for the worsening of poverty and inequalities”, but also “the courage of the Portuguese, one of the most disciplined peoples” in the fight against covid-19.

I was able to resist our exports, overcoming the fabric, certifying in exports021 the tourism investment 2019, monitoring risky tourism fees, finally2, “adding whenever possible or business2” to an investment rate analysis rate, finally, adding whenever possible or corporately2.

The President of the Republic ended this short assessment by declaring: “We are closer to overcoming the pandemic, but far from what we dreamed of in 2019, our growth in 2019, our correction of equities, our stepping up in Europe and asserting with more strengthens our presence in the world”.