For decades we were outside the framework of what is referred to as the ‘ European model’; thirty years ago, with the ‘ April 25th Revolution ’, we won social security, reforms, unemployment benefit and a minimum wage; we won the right to health and education and this became enshrined in the Constitution; work – on land, at sea, in manufacturing and in the tertiary sector – was accorded the value that it merits; public services were created; we sought to link the public, cooperative and private sectors; priority was given to the collective interest, with the economy controlled by democratic politics and not vice-versa.
Emme halunneet määrätä naurettavia talousarviokriteerejä tai pitää kirjaa hyväntekijöiden uhrauksista ja edunsaajien hyödyistä; Halusimme edistää tällä politiikalla yhteistyötä ja tulonsiirtoja säilyttäen molemminpuolisen kunnioituksen ja kaikkien edut.