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Rui Rocha alongside Mariana Leitão (IL) in a debate in Parliament
74 proposed amendments to the State Budget approved, on the third day of voting in the specialty.
The third day of voting in the specialty ended with 74 proposals amendment to the State Budget for 2025 (OE2025) approved, with PAN and Livre having the largest number of measures made viable.
O PAN it achieved 20 proposals approved, while Livre received the ‘green light’ for 18 measures on this third day.
Next come PSD and CDS-PP, with 12 measures made viable and Chega with 10 – this is the highest number ever for André Ventura’s party.
PS, BE and PCP had four proposals approved each, while IL only saw two receive the ‘green light’, at the end of the voting and due to a correction in the voting direction, as had happened this morning, in plenary, with the relative proposal to VAT applied to baby food.
Do PAN, the transfer of around 1.5 million euros to the Carregal do Sal Chamber was approved, as reimbursement for the requalification of Casa do Passal, where the Aristides Sousa Mendes Museum is located.
In addition, the ‘green light’ was also given to carry out “a national campaign to raise awareness of the need for adequate disposal of used cooking oils of domestic origin and the environmental impact of incorrect disposal of such waste”.
O Book saw several proposals approved in the area of health, including the carrying out of a national study on the mental health of health professionals. It also achieved a measure for a new cycle of the national anti-corruption strategy.
Of the parties that support the Government, PSD e CDS-PPa measure was approved for the conclusion of public-private partnership contracts for the construction of university residences, as well as for the Government to evaluate the expansion of school social action measures to students who attend private schools.
As for the He arrives, A proposal was made viable that provides, in a transitional phase, for the appointment of an assistant doctor, using the private and social sector, for those who do not have a family doctor.
Also from Chega, measures were given a ‘green light’ aimed at creating a national program to combat the planned obsolescence of electronic equipment, through resources from the Environmental Fund, and surveying the state of conservation of the buildings of the Institute for Nature Conservation and of the Forests.
Already from PS A proposal was approved which dictates that the Government will have to move forward with the review of the remuneration table for forensic professionals involved in the Access to Law and Courts System, as well as the increase in the accommodation supplement allocated to displaced students in higher education.
O BE, In turn, two proposals were approved for the opening of competitions in 2025 for integration into a research career and for the integration of doctors in research roles in State laboratories.
O PCP saw approval of a proposal for the Government to adopt measures to support the CP, “including at the diplomatic level, so that it can resume its partnership with RENFE for night international connections to Madrid and Hendaye”, with the communists proposing that the possibility of launching a night service to Barcelona.
As for IL, the change of vote of the parties that support the Government led to the approval of a proposal for the executive to carry out and present to the Assembly of the Republic, by the end of the year, a “study on the extension of parental leave, with a view to its extension, but ensuring the reduction of gender discrimination in the labor market”.
The PS’s change of vote dictated the approval of the anticipation of decisions on the awarding of scholarships, on the date of publication of the results of the national access competition.
TAP e IL
Among the many proposals rejected, The BE’s attempt to discuss in Parliament the privatization of TAP.
Also regarding the airline, PAN wanted a “participated, comprehensive and plural public” debate on the future of TAP and a public consultation on the company’s reprivatization model. All rejected.
A IL got an approval after… seven attemptshighlights the . In question the VAT on baby foodwhich will go down to 6%. The liberals had already been trying to make this reduction since the discussions in 2019 and, this Wednesday, it was only possible on the second attempt – AD and PS changed their vote and it was even approved unanimously. VAT also falls on foods for specific medicinal purposes and integral diet replacements for weight control.
Among Chega’s victories (which once again received approval from the PS), the possibility of a user be able, for now, to turn to the sectorsprivate and social to be able to have family doctor – the ultimate goal is for all users to have a family doctor through the SUS.
On the first day of voting, 39 proposals were approved and on the second, 90, plus one more in the morning, in plenary, from IL. With the 74 proposals approved this Wednesday, the total now stands at 204.
