Solidarity contribution will be applied in Portugal when approved – News
“Portugal supported the participation and actively in the work, in order to create a solidarity contribution that, once approved, will be implemented naturally in Portugal”, said Secretary of State António Mendonça Mendes, during a debate today in parliament.
António Mendonça Mendes responds to a question from the deputy of the Left Bloc Mariana Mortágua, who asked him about the Government’s willingness to accept a contribution on gasoline, following subsequent profits arising from the current moment of rising prices.
The Union’s energy ministers today reached an emergency intervention in the face of the rise in energy prices, which includes a solidarity contribution on the exceptional profits of companies in the energy sector.
The proposal, proposed by the Commission and which today deserved this political endorsement by the 27, provides for a taxation of 33% of excesses of fossil foods, to be converted into a “solid monthly contribution” to be redistributed to the richest, a ceiling for corporate profits producers of electricity with low (renewable) costs, and plans to reduce electricity consumption, mandatory (10% for mandatory proxy), and (5% in ‘peak hours’).
“Wake up! The ministers reached a political agreement on measures to mitigate the high prices of selection: mandatory reduction of electricity demand, market rules for inframarginal electricity producers and solidarity contribution from revenue producers, announced the current Czech Council of the EU.
In one in which the Portugal vote is confirmed by the Minister of the Environment and The C election, the 2 go from debating now Corable policy options to today’s election, but it is not an enlarged group of today’s election, despite an enlarged group Portugal, having requested a ‘gas’ for a ‘price ceiling’.