Centeno admits “communication failure” with Costa, but money for Novo Banco meets OE

The Finance Minister admitted this Tuesday that there was a “communication failure” with the Prime Minister about the transfer of 850 million euros to the Novo Banco resolution fund. However, Mário Centeno said that António Costa knew that the amount was foreseen in the State Budget (OE) and revealed that he does not feel that he has to apologize to him.

In an interview with TSF, the Minister of Finance guaranteed that the leader of the Government knew that the value was “registered and registered” in the OE and that, as such, it would be “fulfilled and executed”.

Centeno admitted that there was “a communication failure” with the Prime Minister’s office, since the capital injection had taken place the day before last Thursday’s fortnightly debate, but that information “did not reach the time of the debate. “in Parliament.

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