President of the Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa acknowledged this Thursday that it is currently “very difficult to govern” as the war in Ukraine forces governments to divide themselves between internal and external governance.
At the call of journalists in Mangualda to comment on the resignation of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Marcelo Rebelo de Souza said he did not comment on the “internal life of the country”, which, moreover, is Portugal’s oldest ally.
However, he believed that “the presence of war and war agitation, by changing the conditions of people’s lives” and “forcing the rulers to constantly divide between internal control and external control, creates additional problems in all parts of the world.”
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resigned from the leadership of the Conservative Party, but said he would remain at the head of the government until the election of a new leader of the Conservatives, despite voices inside and outside the party that he should leave now. Executive.
The resignation of the 58-year-old Conservative leader, who took over as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in July 2019, followed the departure of dozens of members of his executive branch and a series of scandals.
As for the 100 days of the Portuguese government, which will take place on Friday, the President of the Republic considered them “very difficult”.
“It is very difficult to manage when the world, at the moment, is very different from what it was six months ago. The war brought this difference”, which led to the fact that the economic and financial situation, and, consequently, the social one, became “very different,” he stressed.
In his opinion, “this forces governments to concentrate on two fronts: the front outside, to see if peace can be achieved as quickly as possible and with a single European Union” and “inside the countries to which little is reaching.” from different places.”
“Wars bring confusion. This notion that war belongs to others is not true. If it belonged to others, the fuel here would not be so expensive,” he stressed.
The President of the Republic once again expressed concern about what is happening in Portuguese airports, but told reporters that the situation is “very difficult” throughout Europe and the world.
“This is an international case, they cannot adapt quickly. And as we experience a tourism ‘boom’, it has suddenly gone from a very low level to a very high level, and that implies being able to respond to what’s going on.”
In his opinion, “airlines should be restructured, airport managers should be restructured.”
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
