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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10989
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ECONOMY - FINANCE / (ae) portugal

New cut in austerity programme

Brussels, 20/12/2013 (Agence Europe) - The country's lenders were expecting it. On Thursday, Portugal's constitutional court rejected a flagship measure from the country's austerity programme in the form of a measure for the 2014 budget that would have slashed pensions for former civil servants of over €600 a month by around 10%. The judges ruled that the measure is unlawful because it violates the constitutional principle of “trust”. The case was referred to the court by the...

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