Brussels, 06/07/2012 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission says that the recent ruling by the Portuguese supreme court will not prevent the country from meeting its budget targets for 2012. On Friday 6 July, a spokesperson for Euro Commissioner Olli Rehn said that the ruling did not affect measures for this year and therefore did not jeopardise the 2012 target of a deficit of 4.5% of GDP, but new measures would be announced for 2013.
On Thursday, the Portuguese constitutional court said...