20.4.07

Artigo de Timothy Garton Ash com referência a Portugal

Aqui está o pedaço do artigo de Garton Ash, em que o historiador britânico menciona Portugal:

“Close to half the electorate is dependent on the state for wages, benefits or pension. To sustain this creaking state capitalism, public debt has soared to 66% of gross domestic product. The economy is growing more slowly than any other country in the EU except Portugal. Economically, France is among the sick men of Europe. The starting point for the new president is, in this regard, closer to that of Margaret Thatcher in 1979 than it is to Blair's in 1997.”

In Guardian

Só servimos para comparações negativas, infelizmente... De qualquer forma acho que vale a pena ler o artigo (intitulado “A sick France means a sick Europe - and that must be bad for Britain”).