Speaking as somebody who during the course of a fairly long and not, I hope, entirely misspent political life, has sat under a number of chairmen, I do not think I have ever sat under a chairman who was better, more competent, more decisive or more courteous than the Prime Minister of Portugal.
I min lange og forhåbentlig ikke helt forgæves politiske karriere under en række formænd tror jeg ikke, jeg nogensinde har arbejdet under en formand, som var bedre, mere kompetent, mere beslutningsdygtig eller mere forbindtlig end Portugals premierminister.