Joao Oliveira, head of the CDU list in the European elections on June 9, gave an interview to CMTV this Wednesday and began by saying that it is necessary to understand whether the measures that will be taken regarding the airport will be beneficial.” our country or serve economic interests.”
Regarding the issue of the euro, the head of the list says that the party is not against the euro, but “there are many caricatures in what serves the people and the country.” He adds that “Europe is not the European Union” because it goes “much further than that.”
“We are critical of the euro, we have a very critical perception of integration processes. I would even say that we are critical of the EU,” he explains.
According to the head of the CDU list, the euro has damaged Portugal, and citizens are asking how wages can be raised, public investment, housing, education and health policies can be improved if this involves “decisions that go against the euro.”
“In Sweden and Denmark there is no euro, and people there live worse because of this? Portugal must be ready to free itself from the restrictions of the euro,” he says, adding that this is an issue the party wants to see discussed. .
On immigration, he says he disagrees with the Migration and Expulsion Pact because the pact is “not good and based on inhumane concessions.”
“We have a central issue: we advocate for immigration policies that have humanistic and supportive policies,” he says.
On defense, João Oliveira says the party wants to invest in weapons and calls for “every effort to invest in a peaceful solution in Ukraine.”
He also says he wants an immediate ceasefire and a peaceful solution throughout Europe.
In the energy sector, the leader of the list says that Portugal is capable of coping with the energy conditions and that the party has a priority option – “energy production from renewable sources.”
“We have conditions that ensure that needs are met for both industrial and domestic use,” he says.