Behind this week’s headlines
Portugal and Ireland
The Portuguese foreign
ministry will be expressing firm support for the efforts of President Joe
Biden, the European Commission and the British Government to consolidate
Northern Ireland’s 25-year-old Good Friday Agreement and restore the power
sharing assembly long interrupted by DUP ‘loyalist’ politicians.
AIr pollution
Concentrations of nitrogen dioxide
in Lisbon’s Avenida da Liberdade have this year remained above the limits determined
by European legislation, reports Luca
News. Today is marked as Portugal’s National Day of Clean Air. The United
Nations International Clean Air Day will be observed around the world on
September 7.
Energy dependence
The development of hydrogen
and offshore wind power will allow Portugal’s energy dependence to be lowered,
the minister for the environment and climate action said with confidence today,
Wednesday. The renewable energy association (APREN) released data today that
showed that 74% of electricity generated in Portugal in March came from renewables.
Growth and inflation
The International Monetary
Fund (IMF) on Tuesday upgraded its forecast for growth in Portugal’s gross
domestic product this year to 1.o%, but was more pessimistic about the rate of
inflation, which it expects to average 5.8%. The IMF is usually more
pessimistic than reality required, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said today, Wednesday.
The finance minister has said he expects a significant decrease in the rate of
consumer price inflation from next month.
The rich and poor
Almost 60,000 families in
Portugal declared a yearly income of €100,000 or more in 2021, 14% higher than in 2020. Those earning less than
€10,000 fell by 10.7% over the same period, according to the income tax
authority. Minimum wages increased to €887 a month in the first quarter of 2023.
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