Maria da Graça Carvalho was heard today in the Ad Hoc Parliamentary Committee for National Resilience, Prevention of Natural Disasters and Monitoring of the PTRR - Portugal, Transformation, Recovery and Resilience, where she assessed the impact of the bad weather and the responses adopted.

"The geostrategic situation is complex, and we never know when we will have to deal with other forces from other countries, which will cause us problems. The more independent we are in water and energy, the better off we are," the Minister noted, in response to the deputies, after the second round of interventions.

On water, the Minister of Environment and Energy advocated a balance between water that is retained and water that is not, explaining that too much retention also causes problems, such as a lack of sand on beaches or excessive salinity.

"We need to be very careful about the interference we make in nature," she stressed.

On electricity and energy, the minister said Portugal is already very independent in renewables and now needs to move forward on liquid fuels for transport.

The goal, as she pointed out, is to electrify what is possible, but also to produce renewable fuels.

"We have to be more independent because one day we wake up and prices go way up or there won't be any fuel," she insisted.