Brussels, 24/09/2012 (Agence Europe) - Under pressure from a raft of demonstrations, the Portuguese government is now prepared to hold talks with the trade unions and employers to change the austerity measures announced ten days ago (see EUROPE 10690), particularly the controversial decision to increase workers' social security contributions from 11% to 18% and to reduce employers' social security contributions from 23.75% to 18%, a plan for which the prime minister, Pedro Passos Coelho, has...