Andre Ventura drops 'irreversible' and approves state budget – Politics

Shiga's “irreversible stance” against the state budget lasted less than two months. Andre Ventura will approve the government's proposal for 2025 if the Socialist Party decides to vote against the document, as you know poison.

The aim is to avoid a political crisis in the event of a deadlock between the Democratic Alliance (AD) and the Socialists, which could lead to new legislative elections.

Entering the meeting with Shiga's parliamentary group, the party leader placed the responsibilities on the deputies, saying that “my position on the PLO is very clear,” but that the final decision is “the position of the parliamentary group.” He also stressed that he would do “everything to avoid a political crisis.” As he left, he simply said: “This is the budget for PS and PSD,” without revealing any details.Therefore, Chega again changes its position regarding the state budget. In August, Andre Ventura announced that he wanted to hold a referendum on immigration, an “inevitable proposal” to approve the diploma. At the end of that month, the “irrevocable” decision arrived, and in September, he went to a meeting with the executive, but remained “outside the negotiations.” Parliamentary leader Pedro Pinto later assumed that the government “could count” on the party's votes if it stopped negotiating with the Socialist Party. On September 29, in an interview with CMTV, Ventura said that “this OE is out of the question,” requested a new diploma and stressed that he “would not blindly agree” to the proposal.
Recall that Chega even “changed roles” with AD during the election of the President of the Assembly of the Republic. At the beginning of the legislative session, in March, the party leader announced that he would vote for José Pedro Aguiar Branco – the candidate of the Social Democratic Party and the Christian Democratic Congress – after reaching an agreement to grant Chiga the position of deputy speaker of parliament. However, in the final vote, the name of the former minister was rejected and a long process followed until Augusto Santos Silva's successor, who ended up being Aguiar Branco, was chosen after an agreement between AD and the Socialist Party to share the presidency of the Romanian Republic.Since September 27, the day of the first meeting between Luis Montenegro and Pedro Nuno Santos, the implementation process negotiations have been focused between the Socialists and the AD. At the heart of the dispute are two actions: the IRS Jovem and the IRC downgrade.

“OE proposal closed”
In an interview with SIC, Prime Minister Luis Montenegro confirmed that “the budget proposal is closed” and that the decision had been communicated to the Secretary General of the Socialist Party, Pedro Nuno Santos.

The Head of Government explained that the diploma, which will be approved by the Council of Ministers today, will be half way for the IRS Jovem, lasting for 10 years instead of the seven proposed by the PS. Montenegro assumed that “we might have had a more balanced solution than the one we had” after negotiations, in the case of this tax.

In the IRC, the 1 percentage point decline would advance, in addition to salary improvement and investment goals.Montenegro noted that the proposal “includes contributions from the Socialist Party”, that is, socialist measures that were approved in Parliament, such as the abolition of tolls for the former province. Regarding whether there will be OEM approval, he said he was “convinced” there would be white smoke.Regarding Chega, he noted that the party “already had more than a dozen positions in the last few days” and that the deputies “will do what they understand”, criticizing André Ventura's party because “it was not possible to have a fruitful dialogue with Chega.” “Those who change their positions many times,” he said, also accusing the party leader of being a “weather vane.” However, he stressed that he “will not disturb” the government if Chiga approves the diploma.