Portugal to reinstate up to 600 civil servants, minister says

Portugal’s new left-wing government is seeking to reinstate hundreds of civil servants who had been put on leave of absence under the former conservative leaders, Labour Minister Jose Antonio Vieira da Silva said Sunday.

It was the latest in a string of pledges by the government of Prime Minister Antonio Costa, who will have to pull off a tricky balancing act, satisfying both Brussels and his allies on the radical left.

Other planned measures include raising the minimum wage, reducing the 40-hour work week to 35 hours and lifting a freeze on pensions.

“We will do all we can to reintegrate” civil servants affected by the previous government’s move and to “repair the damage” they and the public sector had suffered under austerity cuts, the new labour minister told Antena 1 radio and Diario Economico daily.

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PORTUGAL TO REINSTATE UP TO 600 CIVIL SERVANTS, MINISTER SAYS

It was the latest in a string of pledges by the government of Prime Minister Antonio Costa, who will have to pull off a tricky balancing act, satisfying both Brussels and his allies on the radical left.

Other planned measures include raising the minimum wage, reducing the 40-hour workweek to 35 hours and lifting a freeze on pensions

Portugal to reinstate up to 600 civil servants, minister says

 

Eurozone crosses Rubicon as Portugal’s anti-euro Left banned from power

 Portugal has entered dangerous political waters. For the first time since the creation of Europe’s monetary union, a member state has taken the explicit step of forbidding eurosceptic parties from taking office on the grounds of national interest.

Anibal Cavaco Silva, Portugal’s constitutional president, has refused to appoint a Left-wing coalition government even though it secured an absolute majority in the Portuguese parliament and won a mandate to smash the austerity regime bequeathed by the EU-IMF Troika.

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EUROZONE CROSSES RUBICON AS PORTUGAL’S ANTI-EURO LEFT BANNED FROM POWER

 Anibal Cavaco Silva, Portugal’s constitutional president, has refused to appoint a Left-wing coalition government even though it secured an absolute majority in the Portuguese parliament and won a mandate to smash the austerity regime bequeathed by the EU-IMF Troika.

He deemed it too risky to let the Left Bloc or the Communists come close to power, insisting that conservatives should soldier on as a minority in order to satisfy Brussels and appease foreign financial markets.

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