The Prime Minister has just mentioned that when the Regional Government of Madeira formalizes the request to close the airports in Madeira, the Government of the Republic will “carefully analyze” the document.
António Costa said, however, that the intended measure will “harm” those who want to leave and enter the Region: residents, nationals and foreigners.
He said he understood the “state of anxiety and concern”, but he appealed for all agents to have “a cool head” so that excesses are avoided.
Before António Costa, the Minister of Internal Administration responded to the Government of Madeira, which demanded the immediate closure of airports in the Autonomous Region due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which is a matter for the Government of the Republic.
“The matters of external borders and circulation in the national space are strictly the competence of the Government of the Republic”, said Eduardo Cabrita at a press conference at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in Lisbon, to take stock of the application of the measures to contain the pandemic.
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