Pedro Delgado Alves and José Eduardo Martins debated important issues in current Portuguese affairs, including the impact of the European Central Bank's interest rate hikes and the Government's response to the cost of living increase.
During the debate, Pedro Delgado Alves criticized the Executive's performance, stating that the Government is not doing everything it can to respond to the cost of living increase. The politician considered that the executive has to choose to do something to face this situation.
The debate also addressed the regression in the PISA report results, which evaluates student performance in areas such as reading, mathematics, and sciences. This report has been used as an indicator of the state of the Portuguese education system.
The article thus presents a confrontation of political perspectives on problems that directly affect Portuguese citizens, from economic difficulties related to interest rate hikes to challenges in the education sector.
![Pedro Delgado Alves on cost of living increase: "[The Government] is not doing everything it can. It has to choose to do something"](https://images.impresa.pt/expresso/2026-09-11-pedro-delgado-alves.jpg-e9dbe139/1.91x1/mw-1200?outputFormat=jpeg)



