The Finance Minister Maria Luís Albuquerque, defended today, in Tras-os-Montes, that young people have more opportunities than ever before and that we must relativize the phenomenon of young emigration.
The minister was speaking at the presentation ceremony of a book on Tras-os-Montes and EU funds designed by the PSD MEP, José Manuel Fernandes, where he said: “If we want to live in a globalized world without borders , we want to give a chance to our young people, we have to face in a more nuanced way what is the phenomenon of movement of young people looking for opportunities throughout the world background. “
” It is also necessary to realize that young people today have particular difficulties because they have difficulty in access to employment, we have a youth unemployment too high, it is also true that young people today have more opportunities to young people of old, “he said.
Maria Luís Albuquerque argued that “now a young man just a degree have a world to them.”
“We live in a Union of 28 where there is freedom of movement, where any Portuguese citizen can move to any country of the European Union, we began to teach English to our young age of five, give them higher courses in English, we do participate in the Erasmus program, it certainly is for them to open the doors of the world and also to tell them that if they want to make choices out there should do it, “he continued.
To the Minister of Finance” analyze the young emigration can not fail to take into account these aspects.
Maria Luís Albuquerque also said that when he finds “Portuguese and foreign throughout the world say more and more often that have excellent Portuguese professionals working in all areas: such as engineers, as economists, in finance, in large companies” .
“And it is also a contribution to the country because they proudly assume as are Portuguese” he said.
The Minister of Finance declined to comment at the end of the ceremony the news realize that the Greek Government accuses Portugal and Spain of conspiring against Greece, saying ignore the news.
At the beginning of the speech, in Mirandela, in the district of Bragança, referred to the relations of Portugal with the European partners and the frequency with which Portugal is closer to Germany. “I personally do not measure the independence of the position of Portugal for its relationship with Germany’s position. Being independent is not to be against Germany, to be independent is to be against the position of Germany or for depending on whether or not it is favorable to Portugal “he said.
Maria Luís Albuquerque found that” it is now easy to get to Mirandela “and the interior of the country, thanks to the new roads built in recent years under the Public Private Partnerships.
The minister heard the president of Mirandela Chamber, the Social Democrat Anthony White, ask policies to reverse “the profound demographic recession that is becoming alarmingly into something irreversible.”
Maria . Luis Albuquerque reminded some Government measures such as increase investment in low density territories
The MEP José Manuel Fernandes spoke of “For Our Land – Tras-os-Montes in 2015″ and the opportunities of the new Community support framework, noting that will be available “14 million per day by 2020″ as well as other programs.
“We have these resources that we now have to know how to use well. The word partnership is essential, “he said.
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