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Four years after coming into force, the Assembly of the Republic will discuss seven initiatives on the foundations of climate policy. While PS, PAN and Livre want to implement what remains outstanding, IL wants to 'simplify' the law, but the proposal is being criticised as a 'significant setback' and as resulting from 'ideological blindness'.
The Prime Minister was responding to an intervention by the Chega parliamentary leader at the start of this afternoon's fortnightly debate in the Assembly of the Republic.
Speaking in Parliament, the Secretary of State for Justice quipped: “We have princes in the ministry.” Rita Júdice heard the PSD's lead MP attack fines aimed at dilatory manoeuvres.
The Chega MP has a heated exchange with André Pinotes Batista, a Socialist MP.
The remark came in response to Livre spokesperson Rui Tavares during the first fortnightly debate of the year.
This Thursday's debate takes place on the eve of a meeting of the Council of State, convened by the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
The labour law was discussed in Parliament, with parties disagreeing on the legitimacy of the general strike scheduled for next week. The left refers to a return to the 'old agenda of the right'. The parties supporting the government again point fingers at the trade unions.
