LISBON: Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva on Monday insisted on guarantees a new leftwing government would be “stable” and comply with EU rules before agreeing to appoint its Socialist leader as prime minister.
Under pressure to end the political impasse that has kept Portugal in limbo for weeks, he instructed the leader of the Socialist Party, Antonio Costa, to “make efforts to form a stable, lasting and credible” government.
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