European Parliament 7 February 2012, Written question E-001031/12 Rui Tavares (Verts/ALE) to the Commission. State and religious holidays in Portugal

Question for written answer E-001031/12 to the Commission Rui Tavares (Verts/ALE) (7 February 2012) Subject: State and religious holidays in Portugal The Portuguese Minister for the Economy, Álvaro Santos Pereira, has announced that the government intends to abolish several public holidays, citing the criterion of ‘symmetry’ between abolishing two public holidays requested by the Catholic Church