Brussels, 05/04/2013 (Agence Europe) - Speculation was rife on Friday 5 April about the publication of the verdict of the Portuguese constitutional court on various measures of the country's 2013 budget unveiled in January by the government of Pedro Passos Coelho (see EUROPE 10758).
The draft budget was sent to court by the Portuguese president Anibal Cavaco Silva, who challenged the €5.3 billion of savings, of which €4 billion are from tax rises. The measures being challenged are the...