Vasco Cordeiro hears social partners and political parties on 2020 Plan and Budget proposals
The President of the Government will receive social partners and political parties next Friday at Santana Palace in Ponta Delgada with a view to preparing the proposals for the 2020 Plan and Budget, which will be presented at the Legislative Assembly at the end of October.
Vasco Cordeiro, accompanied by the Vice-President of the Government, Sérgio Ávila, receives from 8 AM, the Azores Fisheries Federation, the Azores Agricultural Federation, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Azores, UGT (General Union of Workers) and CGTP-IN (General Union of Workers).
Also, during the morning, the President of the Government will receive BE (Left Block) and PCP (Communist Party), while the meetings with CDS/PP (People's Party), PSD (Social Democratic Party) and PS (Socialist Party) will take place in the afternoon. In turn, PPM (People's Monarchist Party) has declined the invitation to this meeting.
Following this round of hearings, the preliminary proposal for the 2020 Plan and Budget will be approved by the Council of the Government, which will be followed by a meeting of the Economic and Social Council of the Autonomous Region of the Azores to be held in late September.
After collecting the opinions issued by the Economic Social Council and the Island Councils, the Regional Government will hold a meeting to approve the Plan and Budget proposals that will submitted at the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of the Azores in late October.