Portugal's Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho said today that his new government considers that bringing the country's public finances under control is an "urgent imperative".
Portugal's new centre-right government submitted today to parliament a four-year programme, promising to strictly fulfill the country's obligations under a 78-billion euro international bailout.
The new Portuguese government's austerity programme passed through parliament today after the opposition offered no objections that required a vote. The centre-right coalition government that took over last week has a comfortable majority.