In what could be considered a ‘once in a blue-moon’ event, Portugal’s ruling Socialists and centre-right Opposition parties have joined forces against Brussels, in their condemnation of any decision to impose economic sanctions on Portugal’s failure to meet deficit targets.
The terminology used did not bring on Socialist allies the PCP however, who took exception to the sentence in which the parties referred to the “efforts and results” that had been made to reduce the country’s excessive deficit.
Source: Portugal Resident
