European Parliament 23 March 2012, Written question E-003185/12 Nuno Teixeira (PPE) to the Commission. Pressure from Brussels for ‘low-cost’ high-speed rail

Question for written answer E-003185/12 to the Commission Nuno Teixeira (PPE) (23 March 2012) Subject: Pressure from Brussels for ‘low-cost’ high-speed rail Portugal is implementing a drastic programme to rein in public spending and costs, so as to rebalance its public finances and foreign debt, and has scaled down social sectors, explaining the cuts to the public as exceptional measures to