Portugal

  • Jan 25, 2016
  • 11 min read

EURO-AREA: Banking union faces long-term risks

The new bail-in rule was implemented for the first time at end-2015

EU
  • Jan 25, 2016
  • 2 min read

Portugal new poll prospects rest on leftist strains

The new centre-right president has indicated he seeks stability and consensus, not conflict with the leftist government

Portugal
  • Nov 25, 2015
  • 2 min read

Portugal new Socialist premier faces EU, leftist calls

The euro-area has a new anti-austerity government linking the mainstream and radical left

Portugal
  • Nov 19, 2015
  • 7 min read

Portugal Socialist government faces three-way squeeze

The likely Socialist government is committed to the euro-area but relies on anti-austerity parties with anti-EU stances

Portugal
  • Nov 18, 2015
  • 2 min read

Paris attacks will blur euro-area fiscal compliance

The European Commission has judged four states' draft 2016 budgets at risk of non-compliance with euro-area rules

EU
  • Nov 11, 2015
  • 2 min read

Likely leftist Portugal government could be unstable

Portugal looks set to embark on an unprecedented experiment in anti-austerity government by a mainstream left-wing party

Portugal
  • Oct 29, 2015
  • 7 min read

Euro-area fiscal policies will not find common ground

By end-November, the European Commission will release its judgements on euro-area countries' 2016 budgets

EU
  • Oct 23, 2015
  • 2 min read

Likelihood rises of Portugal left-wing government

Not for the first time, a mainstream centre-left party must choose between euro-area orthodoxy and government office

Portugal