The President of the Liberal Initiative (IL) said this Thursday that economic growth of 2.3% in 2023 is positive but not enough, saying that the economy needs to grow much more to “create many more opportunities.”
“These are positive numbers, but not enough. We don’t deny when they are positive, we don’t deny it. What we’re saying is that we’re still at very low thresholds. create many more opportunities to reach the target of €1,500 net average salary in Portugal by 2028. The economy needs to grow seriously,” said Rui Rocha at the beginning of another day of campaigning for early elections in Portugal. March.
At the end of the meeting at the Navigator Hotel in Setubal, which was closed to journalists, the Liberal leader suggested that the growth was not bad, but was being achieved in a “very unambitious, modest way that will not change the country, the level and quality of life of the Portuguese people.”
Thus, Rui Rocha reacted to the fact that the Portuguese economy grew by 2.3% last year and by 2.2% in the fourth quarter year on year, as announced this Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), confirming the data of the rapid estimates from the end of last year. January.
Overall (compared to the previous quarter), gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.8% in the final quarter of 2023, avoiding a technical recession.
According to the IL leader, additional ambition is needed for this unambitious and modest path to become a path of serious growth.
And he added: “What we have at the moment does not allow us to look at a country with such growth potential.”
Asked if IL would have achieved better results if it had been in government, Rui Rocha was adamant that he had no doubts.
“I have no doubt about this, because our justice system is not working, and we have a specific proposal to make administrative justice work much faster, which is very important for companies, we have specific proposals for licensing economic activities. much faster and it brings more investment, and we have a concrete proposal, with greater ambitions to reduce, namely the IRC and the elimination of such attractions as autonomous contributions, such as government surcharges, which will certainly increase the ability of companies, the Portuguese people, grow up,” he reinforced.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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