The President of the Republic on Monday praised the Minister of Culture, considering that “it started where it is necessary”, and relativized the situation at the Lisbon airport, saying that there are problems at airports “all over the world”.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa spoke after visiting the Museum of Modern Art (MAC) of the University of São Paulo, where he was accompanied by Minister of Culture Pedro Adao e Silva and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. and collaboration, Francisco Andrew.
Answering a question about Portugal’s budget for culture, the head of state noted that Minister Pedro Adão e Silva, who took office three months ago, “started where he should have started: rethinking the structure of the ministry and the state’s approach to culture, New Perspectives” .
“He is a young man who sees from the outside, a good analyst of Portuguese society and therefore he sees how culture should be viewed. I saw that he gets along well with the main characters of culture, in particular with writers, ”he added, referring to their visit to the Sao Paulo Book Biennale on Sunday.
The President of the Republic expressed his confidence that Pedro Adão e Silva “will protect his lady well in this defense, which is always very difficult for successive finance ministers to not only raise the pie, but also to find effective ways to use the pie in a more creative way.”
Asked about the situation at the Lisbon airport, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa replied that “airports are in chaos everywhere.”
“There are several European airports where chaos reigns, luggage loss and the like. In the United States of America, 800 planes have been canceled. Tourism is growing, circulation is growing,” he said.
“So I’m not surprised. This is no reason not to worry about what might happen in Portugal. But, unfortunately, after the pandemic, the airport authorities did not manage to recover, even in terms of operational personnel. , for the climbing rhythm that exists and was not expected, a little bit all over Europe and all over the world,” he continued.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa noted that this situation is also “definitely happening in Portugal” and affecting connections to Brazil and other destinations, but reiterated that “this is happening all over the world.”
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
