Brexit: Portugal Minister who worked in UK says Portuguese will be well treated

IN NEWS · 24-06-2016 14:47:00 · 0 COMMENTS

Portugal’s Minister of Education who lived in the UK for many years while conducting research, has on Friday said he was concerned about the UK’s exit of the EU, but said he believed the Portuguese who live there will be well treated.

Tiago Brandão Rodrigues told reporters “we should respect the will of all Britons. We also need to understand that a referendum measures a moment and not a process, but we now need to attentively look at this whole process, with concern, but above all, draw the necessary conclusions and see how this develops.”

The Portuguese Education Minister spent the past five years doing oncology research at Cambridge University and at 38, changed the institution for politics in Portugal.

“Personally, the UK always treated me well and I believe that it will always treat all Portuguese and the Portuguese community in the same way”, with Tiago Brandão Rodrigues adding that “we need to see what will happen in next few months.”