Does António Seguro support Martin Schultz as President of the European Commission or not?

Responsible for 3 bankruptcies in 40 years of democracy, 

the Portuguese Socialist Party is facing another dilemma.

The current Socialist leader, António José Seguro defends the "mutualisation" 

of the public debt of countries under conditions of an international emergency bailout. 

But the socialist candidate for the European Commission, 

Martin Schulz, is completely against this policy.

So where do the Portuguese Socialists turn now 

for support for their far-fetched proposal?

The candidate for the CDS Party, Nuno Melo, took advantage to challenge

  António José Seguro, as leader of the Socialist Party, 
to declare whether

the Portuguese socialists would side with Martin Schulz, 

candidate for the presidency of the European Commission 
of the European Socialists, 

after Schulz rejected the possibility of pooling the debt of countries 

undergoing a financial assistance program, 

and given the fact that "Mr. Seguro advocates this solution", 

Nuno Melo wants to know 

if the Portuguese Socialist leader "will back Mr. Schulz or not ".

It is a crucial point, 
seeing that the Socialist Party has no solid proposals 
for the new European elections to be held at the end of May,
apart from advocating that EUROPE 
(meaning the rich countries, especially), 
should be held responsible and solve, 
the public debts of the high-spending countries like Portugal. 

These elections are not a primary for the legislative elections in 2015", 

said Nuno Melo, adding that the election next May is, above all,

" the first opportunity to penalize the Portuguese Socialists 

for the bankruptcy they brought upon Portugal ". 

The candidate of the CDS, which ranks fourth in the list Alliance Portugal, 

accused the Socialists of "out-selling Portugal cheaply, 

until the only money left, was that which was needed for daily expenses 

in the country for one single day", 

noting that, when the Socialist government of José Sócrates,

 negotiated the austerity program, in 2011, 

Portugal only had €300 million in cash. 

For the MEP (member of the European Parliament), Nuno Melo,
to vote now for the Socialists, 

would only "benefit" the offender 

and disrespect all the sacrifices and suffering brought on 

by the excessive expenditure and corruption 

of the previous Socialist governments of 

José Sócrates and António Gueterres.