Liberal Initiative candidate for the European elections, João Cotrim de Figueiredo, admitted on Wednesday evening that he would like this election to help “lower the crest of the Galliphones” of Chega.
“I would like this to be an election in which this is possible, I will use this expression to lower the crest of the galliphones of Portuguese politics, which fill with hot air when there are certain changes in their electoral representation or in their polls and I have in vidu ao Chegu,” the head of the IL list told reporters while hanging out with young people at Praça Gómez Teixeira, commonly known as Praça dos Leónes, in Porto.
And he said, “I would especially like to see that happen.”
First on the IL list, who once again pointed to abstinence as his main opponent, hopes to get the votes of people who “want to build a Europe that serves more people and returns to what it once was, this space of peace , prosperity and freedom.”
“If this coincides with the defeat of more statist forces on the left and right, I will be especially happy,” he emphasized.
At an evening dedicated to youth, when IL decided to park a youth bus in front of the rectory and give out free snacks, the former Minister of Environment and Energy Transition, elected by the PS, José Matos Fernandez, appeared. .
“I am a neighbor of this bus, I did not come to protest the noise because I have two hearing aids that I take out and they do not give me any problems,” said the former PS governor.
After a short conversation with João Cotrim de Figueiredo and faced with journalists’ curiosity about his presence at the IL rally, José Matos Fernández made it clear that he “just came to hug a friend.”
“I have two shirts, one from Porto and one from PS, and I have never been wrong about anything,” he said.
The Liberal candidate, who did not want to reveal the content of his short conversation with Matos Fernandes, focused on young people and explained that he goes to places they frequent to explain to them the importance of the European elections and to encourage them to take part in the elections. political life.
The future of what can happen in Portugal depends largely on what Europe can become again, he believes, stressing that the European project depends on youth.
“If all young people, all this new generation, stop expecting what can come from others, be it the state, family, someone who will do it for them, and learn to do it for themselves, that “We are on the way to creating a much more dynamic and liberal society,” he realized.
And the liberal project, namely the economic proposals, is what will make 19-year-old Beatrice Martins vote for IL on June 9, she admitted.
Saying that IS is “necessary for change,” the student noted that Cotrim de Figueiredo “appeals to young people.”
Beatriz Vieira, 26, and one of the young women handing out leaflets while paying bills, which she had lost track of, argued that IL would make Europe “less bureaucratic, more free and prosperous.”
In Portugal, the European elections, in which 21 of the 720 members of the European Parliament will be elected, will be held on June 9, and 17 parties and coalitions will participate in them: AD, PS, Chega, IL, BE, CDU, Livre, PAN, ADN, BUT, Rise Up, Nova Direita, Volt Portugal, RIR, Us Citizens, MPT and PTP.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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