The Portuguese Finance Minister, João Leão, indicated on Friday, 8 January, that discussions on the continuation of the freezing of the Stability and Growth Pact in 2022 will take place in the second quarter of this year.
“The current situation is too uncertain: we are in the middle of the second pandemic wave in Europe. (...) We must avoid withdrawing too quickly the budgetary measures that support growth”, he said, when presenting the priorities of the Portuguese Presidency of the...