($1 = 0.9314 euros) (Reporting by Sergio Goncalves and Andrei Khalip)
Messaging: sergio.goncalves.reuters.com@reuters.net)) LISBON, March 24 (Reuters) - Porugal's government plans
to stop charging the value-added tax on essential food products,
now at 6%, as part of new measures aimed at helping vulnerable
families cope with soaring inflation and rising interest rates,
the finance minister said on Friday.
Fernando Medina told a news conference the whole package of
aid would be worth 2.5 billion euros ($2.68 billion). The
government is still discussing a list of essential goods with
producers and retailers, he said.
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