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    Hey Castro

    posted by  Belinda Angelino in Portugal forum 

    Hello Castro

    Thanks for displaying good theories about why people and countries tend to be racist, reserved towards foreigners.

    The level of tolerance indeed varies around the world. No news here.

    Portugal is not the best country for highly qualified people, as you put it. The bad news is that it is becoming also worse for lower educated people since the bureaucracy forces companies/industries to relocate to other countries with less bureaucracy and a clearer systems.
    Portugal is in constant need of reform. The problem is that whenever someone or a responsible institution is criticised, it is like a gate of lions has been open. No one is there to write down what the critics are aimed at so that from it, things get improved. The changes that lately occured in Portugal were in demand of EU directives and not of Portugal's own initiative in response to its own misery. That is to say, for what the EU doesn't decide, things are out of hand and the only thing that people do is to murmur to each as if there is no power enough to change the course of the matters. There is no culture of real checks and balances in Portugal. The politicians, the media who are suppose to balance tensions, are unreachable. The media is not there to intermediate the relationship between the politicians and people but to serve the politicians. The kind of pressure that we see in other countries between the media and politicians doesn't exist in Portugal nor in Italy, of course (Berlusconi). The sad thing about it is that at least in Italy, we hear people complaining, demonstrating about it but in Portugal, people are sleeping. With this "safe" behaviour, things will never change and Portugal will remain last in everything in Europe. One thing leads to the other. If the bossy, intransigent and knowing better attitude prevails, there will be no space nor entrance for a wind of change.

    How about starting by answering people's application on the internet? In my experience and of other friends, they don't answer to application mails or at least they don't do it instantly. Are they more busy than the more hectic countries such as England, Germany, where you get an answer in a reasonabe time? Or is it the mentality, the little power that it has been attributed to someone and that one takes it all over to him/herself?

    In 2007, the Minister of Economy, among other reasons was suggested to demit himself because he suggested the truth to the Chinese. On his visit to China, among other reasons to attract China's investment in Portugal he claimed that the Portuguese salaries were one of the lowest in EU. We never then knew the results of that visit, but what came across was that those particular negotiations had to be nuled.
    In times of crises, we should leave bullshit behind and foccus on what is important.
    Greece had no other choice but to allow massive chinese investment, including controlling a major part of its ports. Save the economy and reduce unecessary pre-conceptions, prejudices or superior/inferior complex.

    Thanks for your wishes, Castro, all is smooth now.

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