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.
Il y a trente ans, avec la révolution du 25 avril, nous avons gagné la sécurité sociale, les réformes, les prestations de chômage ainsi qu’un salaire minimum. Nous avons gagné le droit à la santé et à l’enseignement et ce droit a été inscrit dans la constitution.