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Portuguese government condemns high court’s budget rejection
Portugal’s centre-right government on Saturday condemned the constitutional court’s rejection of several aspects of the country’s tough 2013 budget, saying that the decision “makes it difficult” to make budget cuts promised to creditors. The court’s decision would have “a negative impact” on the austerity programme underway, said government spokesman Luis…
Thousands protest Portugal’s austerity cuts
Several thousand people took to the streets of Lisbon on Saturday to protest austerity measures demanded by international lenders in the debt-ridden country. The march, called by the main CGTP union, ended outside the presidential palace, where protesters called on conservative President Anibal Cavaco Silva not to approve next year’s…
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