Congress expands emergency measures in the coronavirus crisis.
Faced with the coronavirus crisis, the Bolsonaro government will have difficulty imposing its policies of fiscal austerity and spending cuts. Emergency measures approved by the National Congress are likely to prevail.
247 - The government is dissatisfied with the scope of the emergency measures approved by the National Congress to address the coronavirus crisis.
The economic team led by Economy Minister Paulo Guedes accuses congressmen of approving projects that increase the costs of the relief measures.
Journalist report Bernardo CaramAn article from Folha de S.Paulo details the impasses in negotiations between the government and Congress regarding emergency measures.