Eurico Brilhante Dias, who leads the Socialists in parliament, sharply criticized the government's handling of fuel prices after Environment Minister Maria da Graça Carvalho faced the press. He said the conference "não trouxe nada de novo" and described a Government of "braços caídos", arms hanging at its sides, with no answers for anyone filling a tank. The PS leader also rejected Carvalho's stance of steering clear of comparisons with Spain on fuel costs. For the party, the bottom line is that no measure to bring prices down has come out of any of it.