Don't expect ambiguities, hesitations or palace intrigues from me.

Everyone was tired with the old style politicians and their flowery rhetoric. I just told them there are tough times ahead, but that they would be less tough with me in charge.

After the accession to the euro zone, interest rates declined substantially in Portugal.

Integration is the most important asset Europe has, and the key component to European integration is the euro.

What you don't know intrigues you more than what you do know.

That is what intrigues me; songwriting and song structure and expression.