o destaque acaba por ir para a entrevista do chefe da missão do FMI, em que expressa a opinião de que serão necessárias reformas futuras. Há diferentes formas de ler esta entrevista. Uma delas é a da exigência que se coloca aos partidos e à sociedade portuguesa de conseguir estabelecer o seu caminho para o futuro. O abandono a que foi votado o guião da reforma do estado, substituído pelo relógio de contagem decrescente até à saída da troika, sugere que o pensamento político estará longe do pensamento estratégico do que fazer depois de terminar o programa formal de ajustamento.
A este propósito, e sendo repetido que queremos estar mais perto da Irlanda do que da Grécia, é de assinalar que o governo irlandês estabeleceu um plano de estratégia para o crescimento, até 2020, que pretende reflectir as opções de política.
Retirando directamente da introdução desse documento irlandês:
Our country is emerging from the deepest economic crisis in our history.
“Through the hard work and sacrifice of the people of Ireland, we have now exited the bailout programme which was forced on our country as a result of disastrous economic mismanagement.
The purpose of this Medium-Term Economic Strategy is to point the way to a stable and prosperous future, and away from the failed policies of boom and bust that have cost us so dearly.
This Strategy sets out how we will build and sustain a competitive economy that can pay its own way, serve our society, and that can survive and thrive in a reformed eurozone and an increasingly globalised international economy.
It provides an overall framework for social and economic policies that are being developed and implemented by every member of the Government.
At the heart of this Strategy are the interests of our people.
We are committed to healing the wounds left behind by the crisis:
By helping to create jobs so that we return to full employment
By tackling the problems of excessive household debt and mortgage arrears
By giving opportunities to our children to live and work at home, including for those who have had to emigrate
By ensuring that we have well-managed public finances and a stable and effective banking system
By generating the resources to protect the vulnerable in our society, to eliminate poverty and to provide the public services that our citizens deserve
By ensuring that the fruits of recovery are enjoyed by all of our people, in all parts of our country.
The future will still contain some difficult choices.
We must face these choices honestly if we are not to see a return to the failed politics and economic despair of the past.
But we face those choices with hope, with optimism for the future and with faith in the Irish people.
We want Ireland to be the best small country in the world in which to do business, in which to live, to bring up children and to grow old with dignity.
We believe this is a realistic goal and we are serious in our ambition to achieve it. ”
Tirando Irlanda e colocando Portugal, é fácil subscrever este compromisso.
Quais os compromissos e as ambições do Governo, dos partidos e da sociedade portuguesa para o nosso futuro?
Momentos económicos... e não só 