Passos Coelho announces business package for the Algarve

It is as if the former Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho had never been running the country as he announced a full package of economic measures to boost the Algarve’s economy during the ‘off season.’

"Mitigating the effects of seasonality", by "improved accessibility and signage, access to credit, tax relief and support for investment, lower unemployment and a reduction in tolls on the Via do Infante” are all part of the basket of measures announced by Passos Coelho during a visit to the headquarters of the Association of Hotels and Resorts in the Algarve, in Albufeira last Friday.

According to the regional PSD branch, the former PM’s ideas were announced to entrepreneurs in the tourism sector, which added that it was only the mendacity of Portugal's left wing parties that had blocked the implementation of Passos Coelho's stunning proposals.

The former PM's list of Alvare friendly measures were revealed in the company of local MPs José Carlos Barros and Cristóvão Norte, the Secretary General of the PSD, Matos Rosa, and the President of the PSD Algarve, David Santos who for some reason is still running the CCRD-Algarve as well as holding this political appointment.

Passos Coelho then went to see the Albufeira mayor, social democrat Carlos Silva e Sousa, to reveal his elixir of life for Algarve tourism.

"Although we are on track in the field of tourism, with very positive results and good expectations, the Algarve and Albufeira, in particular, need to set new goals for different issues such as seasonality," said a dutiful Carlos Silva e Sousa after the visitation, no doubt as stunned as the rest of us at Passos Coelho's limited memory.

As PSD leader, Passos Coelho assured anyone that would listen that he "will not give up on the country, or on the Portuguese", and is setting himself up to take back the premiership when the current socialist government "is exhausted and unable to approve in parliament the most important instrument in the implementation of governmental action" i.e. the State Budget 2016.

Stage one of the budget’s passage into legislation was approved today in parliament, which disrupts his plans, rather.

Comments  

-6 #5 Chez 2016-02-25 13:08

In the words of Top Gear's 'Captain Slow', this man is a "Cock"

+9 #4 Maxim 2016-02-24 09:26

Politicians: they sell 'air' and want you to vote for them. Then they form a government which is supposed to represent the people but they shamelessly follow their own agenda and forget about their promises and blame their predecessors. People still seem to take them seriously? It's obvious that the institute 'government' no longer works. Not here and not in many other countries in the world.

+9 #3 PeterN 2016-02-24 08:44

The worry is that Passos Coelho really might believe in his own brand of bullshit. He spent years ignoring the Algarve region, even though he delighted in having his summer holidays here, and now expects us to believe his 'new' announcements that he has the solution to all our problems. It's unbelievable really....

+7 #2 Simon 2016-02-23 19:53

So, is Peter the Rabbit also taking responsibility for the signing of the Oil & Gas licenses that threaten to destroy the Tourist and Real Estate industry in the Algarve? Or the forced eviction of long term Island Residents or the disastrous condition of the N125 or the dropped railway link to the Airport? I bet he had a good lunch anyway!!!!

+4 #1 bigbrotheriswatching 2016-02-23 19:45

looking desperate for popularity ? He never looked to the Algarve as PM

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