Lisbon, March 10, 2025 (Lusa) - Portugal's government on Monday approved a resolution in cabinet that gives the green light to the National Rail Plan, including high-speed connections, the cabinet office minister, António Leitão Amaro announced at the end of a meeting.

The minister announced "a resolution by the Council of Ministers approving the National Rail Plan, following a broad national debate and public consultation."

This legislation, he added, includes "measures that will prepare the studies on high-speed connections, which at the recent summit with Spain we agreed to explore, whether it's the connection through the north or the connection through the Algarve [and] other railway connections that the country must plan and develop in the long term.

"This is a National Railway Plan with various infrastructures that has been approved following a very long debate and national consensus," he said.

The cabinet meeting took place on the eve of a motion of confidence in parliament tabled by the minority right-of-centre coalition government that is expected to be rejected, based on the public statements made by the leaders of opposition parties.

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