Speaking in Funchal, the PSD/CDS-PP leader said the proposal would go to parliament to expose political positions, stressing that regional interests outweigh party ties despite their shared affiliation with the national government.

The dispute centres on a January ordinance requiring no tax or social security debts for subsidy access, which Madeira has criticised as discriminatory, defended by the prime Minister, and contrasted with caps and advance-payment rules applied in the region and the Azores.