“The government has decided to set up a working party”, to be composed of the secretaries of state of innovation, transports and the environment along with specialists from the transport institute and the environment agency to coordinate and "ensure proper monitoring of the actions in the wake of the Volkswagen shambles, he said.


Pires de Lima was speaking to reporters after the last meeting of the Industry Council in this legislature.


The minister also said he wanted to “re-ensure the Portuguese buyers who had acquired a car with the ‘cheat-kit’.