Almeida's optimism in Brussels after defending the candidacy as European headquarters against money laundering: "We are the rival to beat". "We have assets in all the critical indicators, both for the city and for connectivity, transportation, communication, cybersecurity and of course, the domestic framework for the fight against moneyaundering, that we are pioneers," he says.
The decision will be made on February 22 and right now it is not at all clear what is going to happen. "All candidates have options, there are arguments for and against all of them. We have some favorites and others that are being discarded," says Ciudadanos MEP Eva Poptcheva.