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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10370
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/portugal

Pedro Passos Coelho wants to slash public sector

Brussels, 03/05/2011 (Agence Europe) - Pedro Passos Coelho, leader of the main opposition party in Portugal, believes that an austerity programme will be indispensable for restoring confidence in his country. “Reducing costs through an austerity programme is urgently necessary. The most effective, and fairest, way to achieve this is through a leaner and more efficient public sector”, said Coelho, head of the Portuguese social democratic party, in an article in the Financial Times on 3...

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