Minister of Finance Says that Circumstances Are Different From when He Defended a Decrease in Fuel VAT . Economic Journal
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The Minister of Finance justified that in August 2022, when he was the parliamentary leader of the PSD, inflation was around 9% and now it is around 3%, it is, sensibly, one third of what it was at the time.
On the day that Parliament discusses, among other measures, the decline in fuel VAT, we retreat to the tape of time to see whether what Prime Minister Luís Montenegro is defending or not agrees with what the leader of the opposition Luís Montenegro was defending.
The governor rejected a contradiction between what he defended in the opposition and what he currently applies in the government
The Governor rejected a contradiction between what she defended in the opposition and what she currently applies in the Government.
The Minister of State and Finance, Joaquim Miranda Sarmento, today argued that the circumstances in which he defended the decline in fuel VAT when he was in opposition in 2022 are "completely different" from the current ones.
When in opposition, Luís Montenegro challenged António Costa to temporarily reduce fuel VAT to 6%.
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