{"id":478,"date":"2017-01-18T23:47:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T23:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/?p=478"},"modified":"2017-01-18T23:51:02","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T23:51:02","slug":"discussing-brexit-with-portuguese-secretaries-of-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/2017\/01\/18\/discussing-brexit-with-portuguese-secretaries-of-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussing Brexit with Portuguese Secretaries of State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting day\u00a0spent at the Portuguese Consulate in Manchester last Sunday. Six\u00a0members of the Portuguese government, led by\u00a0Jos\u00e9 Luis Carneiro (Secretary of State for the Communities), came to the UK to discuss a range of topics with the Portuguese immigrant community. Topics during the six-hour session included Brexit and its impact\u00a0on EU citizens residing in the UK. Greatly appreciated this governmental initiative and the supportive and encouraging discussions.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the Portuguese Ambassador, Manuel Lobo Antunes, and the Consul General, Carlos Sousa Amaro, the following members of government participated:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portugal.gov.pt\/pt\/ministerios\/mne\/equipa\/secretario-estado\/jose-luis-carneiro.aspx\">Secret\u00e1rio de Estado das Comunidades Portuguesas, Jos\u00e9 Lu\u00eds Carneiro<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portugal.gov.pt\/pt\/ministerios\/mne\/equipa\/secretario-estado\/margarida-marques.aspx\">Secret\u00e1ria de Estado dos Assuntos Europeus, Margarida Marques<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portugal.gov.pt\/pt\/ministerios\/mf\/equipa\/secretario-estado\/fernando-rocha-andrade.aspx\">Secret\u00e1rio de Estado dos Assuntos Fiscais, Fernando Rocha de Andrade<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portugal.gov.pt\/pt\/ministerios\/mj\/equipa\/secretario-estado\/helena-mesquita-ribeiro.aspx\">Secret\u00e1ria de Estado Adjunta e da Justi\u00e7a, Helena Mesquita Ribeiro<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portugal.gov.pt\/pt\/ministerios\/mtsss\/equipa\/secretario-estado\/ana-sofia-antunes.aspx\">Secret\u00e1ria de Estado da Inclus\u00e3o das Pessoas com Defici\u00eancia, Ana Sofia Antunes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portugal.gov.pt\/pt\/ministerios\/madj\/equipa\/secretario-estado\/catarina-marcelino.aspx\">Secret\u00e1ria de Estado para a Cidadania e a Igualdade, Catarina Marcelino<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Articles on this initiative: Portuguese government\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.portugal.gov.pt\/pt\/ministerios\/mne\/noticias\/20161019-mne-emigrantes.aspx\">press release<\/a>\u00a01, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.portugal.gov.pt\/media\/22271088\/20161024-secp-dialogo-comunidade.pdf\">press release<\/a>\u00a02, Jos\u00e9 Luis Carneiro outlining <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jn.pt\/opiniao\/convidados\/interior\/prestacao-de-contas-5581428.html\">priorities related to the Portuguese diaspora<\/a>. Brief piece in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publico.pt\/2017\/01\/14\/politica\/noticia\/seis-secretarios-de-estado-no-reino-unido-para-falar-com-a-comunidade-lusa-sobre-o-brexit-1758286\">P\u00daBLICO<\/a>. Two pictures, courtesy of the Portuguese Embassy in London.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-479\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/files\/2017\/01\/15994374_1178006252236902_2801801039997929284_o-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/files\/2017\/01\/15994374_1178006252236902_2801801039997929284_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/files\/2017\/01\/15994374_1178006252236902_2801801039997929284_o-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/files\/2017\/01\/15994374_1178006252236902_2801801039997929284_o-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/files\/2017\/01\/15994374_1178006252236902_2801801039997929284_o-676x451.jpg 676w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/files\/2017\/01\/15994374_1178006252236902_2801801039997929284_o.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-480\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/files\/2017\/01\/16113283_1178006358903558_628174405899188075_o-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/files\/2017\/01\/16113283_1178006358903558_628174405899188075_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/files\/2017\/01\/16113283_1178006358903558_628174405899188075_o-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/files\/2017\/01\/16113283_1178006358903558_628174405899188075_o-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/files\/2017\/01\/16113283_1178006358903558_628174405899188075_o-676x451.jpg 676w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/files\/2017\/01\/16113283_1178006358903558_628174405899188075_o.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting day\u00a0spent at the Portuguese Consulate in Manchester last Sunday. Six\u00a0members of the Portuguese government, led by\u00a0Jos\u00e9 Luis Carneiro (Secretary of State for the Communities), came to the UK to discuss a range of topics with the Portuguese immigrant community. Topics during the six-hour session included Brexit and its impact\u00a0on EU citizens residing in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","post-preview"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7CCEU-7I","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":482,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478\/revisions\/482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rebuschat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}