O second face to face tonight, more than between two electoral candidates, Opoted two candidates for future post-election coalitions, with IL on the horizon of an eventual future government of AD and the free of one of the PS.
“The country is not for adventures,” argues Rui Tavares. The leader of free attacks the adventurism of liberals, with the reduction of taxes, privatization and decreased state expense. However, the president of the liberal initiative returns the accusation of irresponsibility. Rui Rocha says that vote for free is to deliver the vote to the PCP and the BE.
In the clash he opposed, at CNN Portugal, Rui Tavares and Rui Rocha were face to face two very different views for the country, with the right to well -rehearsed.
Defense
The defense, which has been present in the overwhelming majority of the debates, has become an opening theme in this face to face.
Rui Rocha understands that the current international situation is a challenge, but it can also be an opportunity. This is because, it believes, it can make the Portuguese economy evolves to have greater value addsdo – Betting on areas such as technology and cybersecurity (and not necessarily only the production of war material).
Rui Tavares was called, once again, to clarify whether the free defends the departure of Portugal from NATO. Replied thatbut remembered that the President of the United States of America, this is threatening to leave the alliance.
“We have to be prepared for this decision to be made”he warned, and that is why, he refers again, the free proposes the creation of a European Defense Community – Idea that, he recalls, went to Parliament and had the vote in favor of IL itself.
Whether or not it owes Portugal Buy more weapons, Rui Tavares does not refuse him, but argues that not with the United States as sellers and not in an investment equivalent to what is made by Russia.
Commercial War
As Commercial tariffs applied by the United States of America also came back to the theme in this debate, being classified as a “Name error”by the leader of IL. Rui Rocha argues that they come to question the free trade that “has been the reason for prosperity in recent decades of the West.”
But an error is not responded with another errorwarns, and therefore the European Union response must be “surgical” – Betting on taxing only what “hurts” the United States, such as services.
As to response given by the prime minister, announcing support to Portuguese companies affected by US tariffswas, in the eyes of Rui Rocha “Another electoralist announcement than concrete measures”.
An opinion shared by Rui Tavareswhich considers the program of response by Luís Montenegro “an advertising action”
“Montenegro has a lot of way for advertising, I should open a consultant,” he shot with irony. The leader of Livre says that in what was announced by the government “there is no new money, it is all lines that already existed with another tag.”
Social support
And here comes a drastically theme fracturing para he book. Rui Rocha talks about the unsustainability of social security e proposes a reform of the systemso that future pensions do not suffer a “tragedy of loss of yield.” The idea is that the people can constitute their own savings in social securityinstead of just discounting to current pensions.
On the side of Bookis analyzed the Proposal to assign 5,000 euros to all babies. Rui Tavares explains that the children who are born in Portugal and whose parents contribute to social security will be entitled to this amount, functioning “like family allowance”.
To realize it, he considers IL, the free is attacking young Portuguese, to call into question the young IRS. “We are attacking them with 5,000 euros!” Rui Tavares, stressing that the great beneficiaries of young IRS are the ones who have higher wages.
Responding to the attack, the free leader talks about the IL program to reduce state expenses – e compares it to Elon Musk in the USA -, also criticizing the ideas of privatizing CP, RTP and CGD – style of what Milei did in Argentinashot.
“I just see Il talk about lowering taxes. But what is the problem of the Portuguese who was solved?” Asked Rui Tavares. “Not even the problem of baldness, in which he would be interested,” he shot, in a reference to the removal of the socialist Pedro Nuno Santos, in the debate he had with Rui Rocha.
O Livre leader also accused the liberals of “adventurism”because they present proposals that “are only possible if there is economic growth”.
“We can’t play with people’s lives,” he said. “The country is not for adventures. We have lived them before.”
But Rui Rocha was not missed the accusations of irresponsibility.
“IL is criticized for having clear accounts. Free does not have a program for IVA or IRS descent. It has intentions, but does not present numbers, it has no data,” he said.
And continued: “The Portuguese, when they vote for free, are delivering their vote to BE and PCPHe shot, noting that Rui Tavares’ party voted in over 90% of the proposals of those two political forces.
“It’s somewhere between the scythe and the hammer”Rui Rocha declared, pointing out proposals such as the freezing lace, which, once again, considers a “attack on young people.” “We are attacking them with affordable income,” Rui Tavares again.
Governance
And because it can also be viewed as a Debate of candidates for future post-election unionsthe theme of governability could not be left out. THE IL may play a role in AD executive future, while free may have something to say about a possible government led by PS.
Asked if it regrets not going to votes together with AD, Rui Rocha assures that he does not. “I would not exchange any of the decisions I made,” he said – from the vote in favor of the government’s confidence motion to IL’s soil legislative candidacy.
Already Rui Tavares was asked if he intended to be Pedro Nuno Santos’s “vice”. The leader of the free did not assume it, but made a point of defining the priorities if the party is part of a government – ranging from the immediate recognition of Palestine to the application of a mechanism that prevents cases such as Montenegro and Spnumviva from repeating – putting into practice the best in other countries regarding the fight against corruption.
