ISCTE report points to the government "obsession with immigration"
These conclusions are contained in a report of the Institute for Public and Social Policies of the ISCTE, coordinated by Pedro Adam e Silva, former minister of the PS
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These conclusions are contained in a report by the ISCTE Institute for Public and Social Policies (IPPS), coordinated by Pedro Adam e Silva, former PS minister, entitled "The State of the nation and public policies 2026", this year dedicated to the theme "Governing with a fragmented parliament", with 16 essays on various areas of governance. Pedro Seabra also mentions European SAFE loans, warning that although these investments have to be implemented by 2030, “their financial, operational and maintenance costs are extended for decades.” “According to estimates by the Public Finance Council, a possible increase in defence expenditure to 3% of GDP by 2030 would result in a worsening of the Portuguese budget balance to about 2% of GDP and an impact of over 3.1% on the public debt ratio”, reads the text, which also warns that “the strengthening of military investment inevitably tends to compete with other public priorities, including health, education or social benefits, with public opinion effects.”. The author recalls that the measure meant an estimated revenue reduction of 300 million in this year's state budget, something "concernful" given the deficit forecasts.
Furthermore, The author stresses that the parameters established by the Atlantic Alliance allow the integration of security or infrastructure expenditure, creating "grey areas on what can and should be accounted for as defence expenditure" and that without this extension of criteria "hardly the NATO objective would have been achieved" by Portugal. One of these areas is immigration, which has been one of the main flags of the PSD/CDS-PP governments. Scholars Cláudia Ferreira, José Leitão and Rui Pena Pires point out that although there is a perception that immigration is "growing uncontrolledly", data relativize this idea, arguing that "what makes these flows increase or decrease worldwide is the economy" and not options of "open doors" or "closed doors". Sérgio Lagoa, an ISCTE academic, signs a contribution in which he anticipates that the reduction of the IRC will have a "small impact on investment and growth".
In addition, The rise and consolidation of the extreme right in Portugal was certainly not alien to the radicality of the changes and, above all, the discourse that accompanied them", they consider. A report prepared by ISCTE points out to the PSD/CDS Government a ‘obsession with immigration’, a failure to fight poverty and foresees that the decline of IRC will result in a ‘small impact on growth’.
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These conclusions are contained in a report by the ISCTE Institute for Public and Social Policies (IPPS), coordinated by Pedro Adam e Silva, former PS minister, entitled "The State of the nation and public policies 2026", this year dedicated to the theme "Governing with a fragmented parliament", with 16 essays on various areas of governance.
reliability low1/3 sourcesPedro Seabra also mentions European SAFE loans, warning that although these investments have to be implemented by 2030, “their financial, operational and maintenance costs are extended for decades.” “According to estimates by the Public Finance Council, a possible increase in defence expenditure to 3% of GDP by 2030 would result in a worsening of the Portuguese budget balance to about 2% of GDP and an impact of over 3.1% on the public debt ratio”, reads the text, which also warns that “the strengthening of military investment inevitably tends to compete with other public priorities, including health, education or social benefits, with public opinion effects.”.
reliability low1/3 sourcesThe author recalls that the measure meant an estimated revenue reduction of 300 million in this year's state budget, something "concernful" given the deficit forecasts.
reliability low1/3 sourcesThe author stresses that the parameters established by the Atlantic Alliance allow the integration of security or infrastructure expenditure, creating "grey areas on what can and should be accounted for as defence expenditure" and that without this extension of criteria "hardly the NATO objective would have been achieved" by Portugal.
reliability low1/3 sourcesOne of these areas is immigration, which has been one of the main flags of the PSD/CDS-PP governments. Scholars Cláudia Ferreira, José Leitão and Rui Pena Pires point out that although there is a perception that immigration is "growing uncontrolledly", data relativize this idea, arguing that "what makes these flows increase or decrease worldwide is the economy" and not options of "open doors" or "closed doors".
reliability low1/3 sourcesSérgio Lagoa, an ISCTE academic, signs a contribution in which he anticipates that the reduction of the IRC will have a "small impact on investment and growth".
reliability low1/3 sourcesThe rise and consolidation of the extreme right in Portugal was certainly not alien to the radicality of the changes and, above all, the discourse that accompanied them", they consider.
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A report prepared by ISCTE points out to the PSD/CDS Government a ‘obsession with immigration’, a failure to fight poverty and foresees that the decline of IRC will result in a ‘small impact on growth’.
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