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The Secretary General of the Socialist Party, Pedro Nuno Santos, in the presentation of the PS’s electoral program.
Pedro Nuno Santos promises minimum wage in 1100 euros at the end of the legislature, a reduction of 2.5 hours of weekly and Cabaz Food with permanent VAT, among other proposals. And don’t move in the IRS of AD.
The PS presented this Saturday its electoral program for the May 18 legislatures: “a new momentum for Portugal”.
With the housing Established as the “largest national challenge”, the state must act “with courage, scale and vision of the future”.
Secretary General Pedro Nuno Santos spoke with pride about the new 500 euros foot, about the “phase” reduction of working hours, and explained as “meat, fish, eggs, bread, milk, olive oil, fruit vegetables will have permanent zero”.
Work week from 40 to 37.5 hours (phased)
“Reduce, phasedthe working week from 40 to 37.5 hours for all workers, in the way and conditions to discuss with social partners and considering the evolution of the economic situation and the impact assessment in different sectors. ”
Minimum wage at 1110 euros in 2029
The PS wants an annual increase in the national minimum wage in at least 60 euros per yearto reach the 1,110 euros in 2029, the year in which the legislature would end.
“Celebrating a new agreement to appreciate salaries in social concertation, with more ambitious goals in the trajectory of the national minimum and average salary” is the objective.
Already for average salarythe party proposes an increase “in at least 5% per year, reaching at least 2,000 euros in 2029”.
Permanent zero IVA in food
The PS proposes Permanent zero IVA in a cabal of food goodsas was temporarily implemented by the government of António Costa due to inflation.
It is necessary to “reduce taxes based on an intelligent, selective fiscal policy that promotes a more balanced distribution of performance and that stimulates the investment”, reads in the program.
The proposal provides “the return – now permanently – from VAT Zero in food, through a continuously monitored dietary goods that ensure that distribution profit margins do not appropriate consumers’ gains”.
“Meat, fish, eggs, bread, milk, olive oil, vegetables will be zero for a PS government”Pedro Nuno enumerated.
6% electricity and download iUC
The PS also wants to “Apply the reduced rate of 6% of VAT to the entire electricity bill to families with contracted power up to 6.9 kVA“, Predicting that this regime benefits” 5.3 million consumers, instead of the 3.4 million already covered. “
The PS resembles the price of junk and wants to fix it “based on an ERSE proposal, which will periodically reevaluate the price limit.”
No Iuc Want to reduce “at least” 20% for “up to average displacement, enrolled after July 1, 2007”.
IRS DO NOT MEXE
The PS does not propose stir in IRS Young, but wants to adjust it so as not to penalize student workers, after several complaints that point to a benefit to young people with more income.
The PS proposes “a year without tax that does not penalize student workers and the beginning of a career in the middle of the calendar year of young people”.
Extending income support
The PS proposes to extend income support for middle -class families that have a high effort rate.
The party proposes to “simplify and standardize access to lease supports and broadening the incidence base of current support.”
“Ensuring that all families with high effort fee, including those of the middle class, have access to support for income payment,” reads the program.
In the housing area, the PS also proposes that it is part of the dividends of Caixa Geral de Depósitos are channeled for a state current account that allows you to finance municipalities in housing construction. This measure had already been announced by Pedro Nuno, and, in the party’s electoral program, it is proposed to be one of the “Permanent instruments for financing the construction of public housingespecially directed to the middle class, young people, displaced workers and higher education students. ”
Tuition reduction
The PS wants to gradually reduce the bribery of degree“Until its extinction within a decade.”
It proposes to “reduce the bribery of degrees progressively to its free time within a decade” and promises to “evaluate the regulation of masters bribes whose frequency is a mandatory practice for access to the profession”.
500 euros for children born this year
On Saturday morning it has been known that the party will also propose that all children born from the beginning of this year receive, a measure that intends to give a “foot and then start adulthood”.
The accumulated amount can be rescued at 18 and is subject to its own tax regime.
“These 500 euros, if we look at the one that is the interest rate at this time applied to the aforro certificates, will grow from 500 euros to 768 euroswhich may also be reinforced by families, ”said Miguel Costa Matos, socialist deputy responsible for the coordination of the Legislative Manifesto 2025.
The measure aims to benefit 85,000 annual births, resulting in the issuance of certificates in the amount of 215 million euros until the end of the legislature.
Dental Medicine and Mental Health as basic NHS care
The PS proposes to include “oral health in the basic NHS care package.”
“To achieve this goal, we will create 350 Dental doctor offices in all municipalities in the countrybenefiting from the Measurement of the Plan of Recovery and Resilience (PRR) and, after creating the career of Dental doctor at NHS, hiring doctors and oral hygienists, to give a full response of public health, ”reads the program.
The PS also wants “Integrate mental health in the basic NHS care packagevaluing teams and human resources in this area, with the hiring of psychiatrists and pedopsychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers and occupational therapists. ”
He wants to create “community health teams and link 300 psychologists by the end of 2026, ensuring his integration in the career of a higher health technician and ensuring the dimension of mental health also in urgent responses”.
