Portugal's prime minister will deliver a statement to the country instead of holding the customary press conference that normally follows a meeting of the Council of Ministers, according to RTP. The p
RTP did not give a reason for swapping the usual question-and-answer session with ministers for a direct address by the head of government.
The shift in format comes amid a run of economic and tax coverage in the Portuguese press. Diário de Notícias reported that the prime minister would speak to the country to set out new support measure
Taken together, the reports point to a government keen to present its fiscal and support plans on its own terms, through a single televised statement rather than a back-and-forth with journalists.
What to watch next: the content of the prime minister's statement and whether the government returns to the standard post-cabinet press conference format at future meetings.
RTP reports the usual press conference after Portugal's Council of Ministers will be replaced by a statement from the pr