As a result of the early elections, “an overheated, tired majority was born,” says Marcelo Rebelo de Souza.

“The majority, born with the wear and tear of six years of government, had practically a year lost in a somewhat pathological legislature, because it was almost four and a half years, but this is a lie, because it is three years and one year. – Election year. But it was practically a lost year,” he says of the 2022 analysis.

The President of the Republic recalls that a “practically lost year” has led to a delay in the implementation of the PDP. The inflation caused by the Russian invasion has undermined the cohesion of the country in the post-pandemic period. However, Marcelo Rebelo de Souza believes that the economic performance “was better than expected.”

Of the struggle of the teachers, Marcelo said: “We need to correct the inequality between teachers. There is a way to do this, and there must be this predisposition on the part of the government and on the part of teachers to think about students, families, society.”

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa stated that he was disappointed with the Portuguese Episcopal Conference’s response to the report on sexual abuse of minors in the Portuguese Catholic Church, stating that the “Position of the Bishops’ Conference was disappointing” given that it was late and “failed in all aspects that were are important.”

“Full recovery financially, I don’t think it’s possible at the moment. But at other times there was already a recovery, for two years or so. Why not phased recovery and extend it?” MARcelo asked. Rebelo de Souza in connection with the full restoration of the seniority of teachers.