Brussels, 21/02/2012 (Agence Europe) - Portugal not being Greece, there is no plan for adjusting the Portuguese aid programme currently on the table, said Olli Rehn, Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, speaking after the Ecofin Council meeting on Tuesday 21 February.
The previous day, the Portuguese national bank had announced an increase in the Portuguese public debt to 107.2% of GDP at the end of 2011 compared to 93.4% one year earlier, in line with IMF forecasts. The public...