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Posted: Sun 6:08, 27 Mar 2011 Post subject: Portugal's opposition party takes lead polls |
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Pedro Passos Coelho from the center-right Social Democratic Party (PSD) is likely to be the next Portuguese prime minister, according to a poll published Friday.
The PSD would have 47.3 percent of the vote, and the ruling Socialist Party would have 25 percent, if a general election was held nowadays Fashion Jewelry, according to the poll published by the Diario Economico newspaper.
This is the first poll published after Prime Minister Jose Socrates announced his resignation following the parliament's rejection of his austerity plan.
The PSD has already announced that they will form a post-electoral coalition with like-minded Democratic and Social Center-People's Party. The two parties together would gain majority in parliament as the latter would have 6.3 percent of the vote, according to the poll.
The other two left-wing parties would maintain their current situation. The Bloco de Esquerda would have 8.9 percent and the Communist Party would have 6.9 percent Wedding dresses, said the poll.
Meanwhile Tiffany, the downgrading of the Portuguese debt ratings by Standard & Poor's agency on Friday is deepening the country's crisis.
In light of the political crisis and the failure of the Portuguese parliament to approve the budget cuts, Standard & Poor's lowered the rating for the Portuguese sovereign debt by two levels from A- to BBB, just one level above junk.
According to the agency, the Portuguese government will have to ask for international help to cope with the debt obligations in a very short term.
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