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Socialist Party MEP Francisco Assis
“I rarely get angry with anyone, even with other parties, much less with the Socialist Party.”
Aníbal Cavaco Silva received the European Order of Merit this Tuesday, in Strasbourg.
It was from Strasbourg that two Portuguese MEPs were invited to comment on the recent statements of Cavaco, when I said that the Europe must not “cocolt” faced with the demands of Donald Trump.
Francisco Assis, of the PS, had said that the socialists had made a decision “inappropriate”, “childish” e “extremist” when asking for a hearing in Parliament with Paulo Rangel, Minister of Foreign Affairs, because of the Lajes Base.
It is worth remembering that Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State, said that Portugal authorized the use of the Azorean base by the US, even without knowing what for. It showed that it is easy to use the Portuguese structure – something that .
Ana Miguel Pedro (CDS) showed that it does not agree with the PS: “It seems to me a quite childish statementa meaningless statement and even a change of stance by the Socialist Party towards firmness and, in a certain way, balance in relations and foreign policy”.
Francisco Assis addressed the issue again: “It is clear that Europe, under no circumstances, should be cowardly, which does not mean that Europe should enter into litigation with the United States. They are our ally, they have always been”, he quotes at .
But he assured that, despite the divergence, he is not angry with the PS: “I hardly get angry, with anyone; even with the other parties, much less with the Socialist Party. And proof that I’m not mad at anyone I’m here, as a socialist deputy, praising Professor Cavaco Silva, who is not exactly a socialist”.
