The Council of State meeting on Tuesday, which will complete the analysis of the situation in the country and take stock of the international situation, began at 15:10 in the Belém Palace in Lisbon, while three were absent.
Those absent include Constitutional Court President José João Abrantes, Madeira Regional Government President Miguel Albuquerque and State Councilor António Damasio, a source in the republic’s presidency told Luz.
This is the 31st meeting of the political advisory body of the President of the Republic, held during the term of office of Marcelo Rebelo de Souza.
The head of state convened it, putting two items on the agenda: completing the analysis of the economic, social and political situation in the country, initiated at the July meeting, and assessing the international situation with an emphasis on the war in Ukraine, where Marcelo Rebelo de Souza was in August – and in global economic situation.
The meeting on July 21, which lasted about four and a half hours, ended without announcing the results, on the night when Prime Minister António Costa flew to New Zealand to attend the debut of the national team. Women’s World Cup.
In mid-August, the President of the Republic announced that a new meeting of the State Council would be held in early September, which would conclude the previous meeting.
Speaking from the Algarve, where he was on vacation, Marcelo Rebelo de Souza said that at the July 21 meeting, after all the members of the Council of State had spoken, “perhaps the Prime Minister’s last speech, as well as his usual ‘closing speech’.” .