- The Socialist Party (PS) insists on lowering the VAT on fuels from 23% to 13% to support families and businesses amid rising fuel prices.
- PS wants to summon representatives of fuel retailers and oil companies to parliament to discuss their perspectives on the price increases.
- PS criticizes the government for using the crisis to increase state revenue and for repeatedly ignoring their proposals.
- PS also calls for the continuation of zero VAT on a basket of essential food products, measures they claim have worked in the past.
- The party urges the government to reconsider these measures as the cost of living becomes increasingly unbearable.
Source: jornaldenegocios.pt
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