Pedro Delgado Alves on rising cost of living: "[The Government] is not doing everything it can. It has to choose to do something"
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Pedro Delgado Alves on rising cost of living: "[The Government] is not doing everything it can. It has to choose to do something"

Expresso11 September 2026 at 11:20

Pedro Delgado Alves, from the Socialist Party, criticized the Government's response to the rising cost of living, stating that the executive "is not doing everything it can" and "has to choose to do something". These statements come in the context of a debate on government measures to address rising prices.

The debate also featured José Eduardo Martins, who discussed with Pedro Delgado Alves the consequences of the European Central Bank's interest rate hikes. Both participants addressed the impact of these rates on the economy and citizens' wallets.

The PISA report was also discussed during this debate. The text notes that there was a regression in Portugal's results in this international report, which assesses student performance in core competencies such as reading, mathematics, and science.

The article appears as part of news coverage seeking to give voice to different political perspectives on the economic and educational challenges the country currently faces.

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