In the Conference about Regional's Public Finance and Taxation held at the Casino Park Hotel in Funchal on last January 15, 2016 Prof. Dr. Eduardo Paz Ferreira in his speech concludes that "Portugal likes to treat the regions as Brussels", publicized in Madeira News Daily on January 16, 2016.
News available: http://www.ideff.pt/xms/files/Noticias/DNM_16.01.2016.pdf