“Are you going to vote for young people to stay or for young people to leave?”, she asked, with no response as only the PAN bench signed up for a request for clarification.

The deputy criticised the socialist executives of recent decades – saying she had heard “a lot of rhetoric without anything else” – and considered that the right of new generations to remain in their country “is a right worth fighting for”.

“We export talents for free, the talent of our young people is recognised abroad, I have a message for them: the time for conversation and rhetoric from the left is over. While the PS drew the future of young people as a red line, the PSD chooses the children of Portugal as a priority”, she said, alluding to the socialists' refusal of the model initially proposed by the PSD/CDS-PP Government for the young IRS.

In negotiations, the version contained in OE2025 ended up being closer to the one launched by previous socialist executives, although expanded both in terms of the scope of young people served and the duration of the benefit.

“With us, young people will pay less income tax in the first ten years. My generation cannot understand that a young person who earns €1,600 is considered rich”.

Cabilhas accused the left of wanting to “turn tenants against landlords and the city against tourism”, and stated that “more than 6 thousand young people have already managed to buy a house without IMT and stamp duty”, a measure implemented by the AD executive.

The social democratic deputy also praised the creation of a Ministry with the Youth area, and that “a young woman sits on the Council of Ministers”, referring to the holder of this portfolio, Margarida Balseiro Lopes.

“For all these reasons, the AD cannot be confused with the party that has governed for the last eight years. In the face of difficulties, there are those who hide and those who want to turn things around”, she defended.