This position was conveyed by António Costa in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on his first two days of participation in the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP27), after being asked about the tone used by the head of state last Saturday. , in Trofa, district of Porto, to transmit a series of warnings in public to the minister Ana Abrunhosa.
Among other statements, the President of the Republic warned her that he would be “very attentive” and would not forgive her if he discovers that the rate of execution of European funds is not what he thinks it should be.
“I'm honest, on Saturday, I hung up to rest. Therefore, I did not hear the words [of the President of the Republic] directly”, António Costa began by replying, causing the journalists to laugh.
"Yes, yes, don't laugh, just because I'm a prime minister I also have the right to rest", the executive's leader reacted shortly afterward.