“In our opinion, in the lithium mines, all the steps required by law were completed”, stated the government official, in response to the social-democratic deputy Hugo Oliveira, in the Assembly of the Republic, within the scope of the discussion in the specialty of the Budget proposal of the State for 2024.

Last week, the Prime Minister, António Costa, resigned after learning that he had been named in wiretapping by those involved in a Public Prosecutor's Office investigation into the lithium, hydrogen and Sines data centre businesses.