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United Kingdom Portuguese government hangs by a thread ahead of budget vote
Published on 23/03/2011
The minority government in Lisbon is on the brink of collapse, and in a bed of its own making. The prime minister threatened to resign if parliament rejected his austerity plan, and the opposition may call his bluff.