Marcelo says Portugal has to take advantage of location in the new geopolitics
“For tourism, it is not indifferent that a geographic location is further away than other societies, economies and countries, which are closer to our presentation as being the center of conflict,” he said, referring to the war in Ukraine.
According to Marcel Rebelo de Sousa, “for those who choose, in terms of tourism stability, it makes a difference to be very close than to be the center of the conflict or further away”, highlighting the “stable society, comparing with the policy and security indices of other “, which Portugal enjoys.
“In fact, we have comparative advantages and we have to take journalists’ sides”, he defended, in statements to journalist parties, in Porto, where he was for the presentation of the study “From pre to post pandemic: the new challenges” and launch of the Congress “Portugal Empresarial “, promoted by AEP – Business Association of Portugal.
A few minutes earlier, speaking, the President of the Republic had already highlighted Portugal’s location in Europe and the advantages of that location.
“Portugal has a unique favorable opportunity in the geographic location and geopolitics that is now being born”, he began.
“In Europe united, and united to the United States of America, and the war we are in in Europe, for the purposes of tourism and for others, in a situation of political stability and possible use of the potentialities of the new geopolitics in the North Atlantic, South Atlantic, transatlantic European bridges, energy supplies, energy dependencies that objectively are objectives favored by previous options and factors”, he contextualized.
Also in his speech, the head of state spoke about the decentralization process, referring that he intended the latter to be by the end of 2022.
“The same in itself as a centralizer, in general, since it started and has to be processed over several years, with consecutive postponements that arrive at the time when this process will be completed. from 2022”, he reinforced, then to journalists.