LISBON — Any celebrations of António Costa‘s first anniversary as Portugal’s prime minister were muted by the announcement this week that the man Costa spent five months persuading to lead Portugal’s biggest bank had resigned, plunging into doubt the government’s efforts to shore up the country’s shaky financial system.
Yet compared to the existential threats facing so many of Europe’s leaders and mainstream political forces, Portugal’s Socialist prime minister looks to be sitting pretty.
A poll published Friday gave Costa an 81 percent approval rating, up from 47 percent in December 2015. Not bad compared to fellow center-left leaders such as Italy’s …read more
Source: European Voice
