Portugal’s painful austerity programme runs into trouble
Portugal’s painful austerity programme runs into trouble

Portugal’s painful austerity programme runs into trouble

FT World Weekly


11.04.2013 • 10 Min.

Pedro Passos Coelho, Portugal’s prime minister, is one of Europe’s staunchest backers of austerity. But his government’s painful two-year programme of structural adjustment has yet to deliver the results promised. And late last week, the country’s constitutional court issued a ruling that could fatally undermine his efforts to get the economy back on track. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.