Showing posts with label Social Democrat Pedro Passos Coelho. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Social Democrat Pedro Passos Coelho. Show all posts

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Portuguese go to polls as country grapples with bailout.....


The centre-right opposition Social Democrats favourites to win after six years of Socialist rule.
Portuguese voters went to the polls on Sunday to elect a government which will lead the country through a period of deep austerity and recession after it received a 78-billion-euro bailout from the European Union and IMF.