ELECTION IN PORTUGAL
The Social Democratic Party’s leader and current Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho delivers a speech during a campaign rally in Lisbon on October 2 ahead of the October 4 general election. Portugal could make eurozone history this weekend by becoming the first bailed-out country to re-elect a government that pushed through harsh austerity measures.
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The Social Democratic Party’s leader and current Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho delivers a speech during a campaign rally in Lisbon on October 2 ahead of the October 4 general election. Portugal could make eurozone history this weekend by becoming the first bailed-out country to re-elect a government that pushed through harsh austerity measures.
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LISBON: Portugal goes to the polls Sunday with voters set to give their verdict on four years of austerity by either reelecting the center-right coalition that steered the country through a punishing bailout or turning to the Socialists who promise to ease painful reforms.