Brussels, 07/01/2013 (Agence Europe) - At the start of January, the president of Portugal, Anibal Cavaco Silva, announced that he was going to open a court case against the controversial 2013 austerity budget announced by the Portuguese government. The president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, and the director general of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, have recently praised Portugal for progress in implementing its financial bailout programme.
Cavaco Silva will appeal to the...