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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10841

7 May 2013
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) portugal new austerity drive

Brussels, 06/05/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 6 May, the Portuguese government would launch talks with the trade unions on a new wave of austerity measures, announced Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho in a speech to the nation on Monday 3 May. He said there would be further cuts in public spending to ensure the country would be able to stick to its deficit reduction target, cutting the deficit to 5.5% of GDP in 2013, 4% in 2014 and 2.5% in 2015, as has been promised to the...

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