"É preciso dizer a verdade aos portugueses" (em directo de Bruxelas)

Certos políticos fazem política com base no que viram no jornal da manhã. Viram o Rangelito hoje no Parlamento? Triste figura...

Esses políticos, quando abrem o jornal da manhã e lêem "Bruxelas aplaude resposta à crise do Governo português", viram a página e fingem que não percebem.

Não faz mal. Nós fazemos o trabalho por eles.

Eis, então, o que a Comissão Europeia aprovou hoje em Bruxelas e que propõe à apreciação do Conselho:

“The Portuguese government adopted significant discretionary fiscal measures in response to the economic downturn. The stimulus package for 2009 adopted in December 2008 is in line with the European Economic Recovery Plan (EERP) agreed in December 2008 by the European Council and represents an adequate response to the economic downturn. This package yields a temporary support to economic activity in 2009 and will be discontinued in 2010. It mainly focuses on investment, support to firms and exports and support to employment and social protection. This budgetary effort is intertwined with a frontloading of EU funds of almost ½% of GDP, which is neutral for the budget balance. These measures add to other measures amounting to a total of 0.4% of GDP that had already been announced over the course of 2008 to support households and firms. The stimulus package is timely, targeted and temporary and the measures broadly respond to the main policy objectives in terms of the short-term challenges posed by the downturn. In addition, the package includes various structural measures that support the longer-term policy reform agenda, to the extent that they can help enhancing potential GDP growth, strengthening competitiveness and employment as well as supporting incomes of disadvantaged groups, for instance by financing upgrades of physical infrastructure or reducing personnel hiring costs. These measures are related to the medium-term reform agenda and the country-specific recommendations proposed by the Commission on 28 January 2009 under the Lisbon Strategy for Growth and Jobs. Financial operations are also outlined in the programme, notably subsidising credit lines for corporations and the speeding up of commercial debt payments by the government to the private sector (financed mainly by the recourse to financial debt).”

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