Portugal sets out plan to tackle deficit

Portugal’s Socialist government on 8 March 2010 announced sweeping austerity measures including a four-year public sector wage freeze, military spending cuts and tax increases to control a spiralling budget deficit.

BBC News, 12.3.10: Portugal passes austerity budget http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8565541.stm

France24, 8.3.10: Lisbon announces austerity plan to cut deficit http://www.france24.com/en/20100308-lisbon-announces-austerity-plan-cut-deficit-portugal

ESO: Background Information: Strikers protest at Lisbon’s wage freeze plans http://www.europeansources.info/record/strikers-protest-at-lisbons-wage-freeze-plans/

BBC News, 8.3.10: Portugal unveils a series of budget cuts http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8554899.stm

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