"We must aim to reach 2% of the state budget during the next legislature in order to give sustainability to the financing of culture because creativity is basic to have a society based on innovation," he said.

Speaking at the lunch-debate "Portugal, what Future?" promoted by the Fenianos Portuenses Club in Porto, in his opinion, it is necessary to make an effort to increase funding for cultural activity.

At the moment, considering "all the funding for culture of the different ministries, from the Ministry of Education with artistic education, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the promotion of language, to the activity of the Ministry of Culture itself, we are slightly above 1% of the State Budget".