Arménio Carlos said the government could have reduced inequality between men and women if it had agreed to CGTP's proposal of raising the minimum wage to €650.

Inequality between men and women would have been reduced by 1.6 percentage points if the minimum salary had been increased to €650, he told Lusa during an action under the Week of Equality programme, which kicked off on Monday and ends on Friday.

He pointed out that 27% of women in Portugal were on the minimum national wage compared to 17% of men.