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Catarina Martins said in her intervention that "the deal with Turkey is the latest and most frightening step in this route". The leader of the Left Bloc criticised that "what is underway is a new attack on peripheral Eurozone countries in the name of recomposing European banks at the expense of public resources and democratic sovereignty".

Portugal is probably the country in Europe where people feel more the cold. The statement may appear bizarre, as Portugal is a country in the South. But, paradoxically, it is true, and whoever knows people in other countries knows it is so. By José Soeiro.

Everyone is saying it and no one can deny it: the adoption of State’s budget by socialists and left-wing parties is an historic event. By João Semedo.

The major European banks are the weakest link in a crisis that is beginning to strike. By Francisco Louçã.

Although this is not a State Budget which meets all the needs of the country, it is a State Budget which breaks with past policies. By Helena Pinto.

The Right hasn’t proposed any amendments to the new state budget because its idea of an alternative is endless austerity. By Luís Monteiro.

A fictional tale based on true events. While exiting the Eurogroup meeting, Maria Luís Albuquerque expressed her concern regarding the scenario of political instability in Spain, hoping that this scenario will not jeopardise years of sacrifice and budgetary rigor. By Adriano Campos.

Today was the last day of Cavaco Silva’s long political career. Catarina Martins and Jerónimo de Sousa reacted to Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa’s first speech as President.

The new state budget begins the recovery of income for the lowest earners. By Catarina Martins.

Arrow Global, the London-based debt purchase company that leads the Portuguese market, has announced that it will be hiring the former finance minister, stressing the "wealth of experience" that she will bring to the company.

The German Finance Minister did not find a better explanation for the ‘nervousness’ in the market than the Portuguese government budget, the one that dared, however timidly, make some self-determination count. By Mariana Mortágua.

For the first time, the left-wing parties have voted for a State Budget. The discussion on the details has begun and the final vote will happen next Friday.

In a country where wage inequality rates are amongst the highest in Europe, the million-euro salaries of high official are an insult to social democracy. By Heitor de Sousa.

In the colonial model, there is no room for compromise, only combat, which is the only way in which the people can be freed. By Pedro Filipe Soares.

An infographic depicting the major changes the Portuguese State Budget for 2016 will bring to the people.