Augusto Santos Silva examines the test of alliance between the European elections and the PCP E BE – Politics

Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva believes that next year's European elections will be an "interesting test" for the government's alliance with the left, as the positions of BE and PCP are very different if not contradictory in this respect.

In an interview with the newspaper Público and Radio Renascença on the eve of the discussion on the state of the nation, Augusto Santos Silva said that the next European elections "will be very important at the European and internal levels."

"The resurgence of the forces Xenophobic and populist groups are a real stake, important at the national level because the European elections will take place five months before the legislative elections, which will be an interesting test because the positions of the parties supporting the government will be very different, even contradictory, which will continue in the European campaign so as not to weaken the current political solution, "he said.

Augusto Santo M. Silva stressed that it is "certain" that the parties that support the government will not weaken Portuguese policy at the European level in the campaign for the next European elections.

Minister says renewal of current political solution "will certainly require

According to Augusto Santos Silva, a new agreement must mean" a step forward in terms of the structural policies that the country needs in the area of ​​the territory the environment, energy transition, economic policy and also in foreign and European policy. "

In this interview, the minister was very concerned about" stalemate "in the negotiations with" Brexit. "

" I know the vitality of British democracy not to worry. Yes, I am very concerned about the negotiation of Brexit. The referendum was held in June 2016 and we still do not know what the UK government really wants. The risk of arriving in October with blocked deals as it is the case now is a real risk. According to Augusto Santos Silva, the worst thing that can happen is to arrive on March 29, 2019, the day of the entry into force of Article 50, and there is no reason why. 39 agreement on "The British now learn that the process of European integration has become an element of our daily life, the organization of our society that we must be very careful when it calls into question. when he leaves the European Union, the United Kingdom will automatically abandon 750 different international agreements.

The Minister also admitted in the interview that the European elections are still unfolding without agreement on the departure of the Kingdom Kingdom of the European Union