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Portuguese left must be wary

EUROZONE leaders put their tenuous commitment to democracy on open display yesterday in their reaction to the Portuguese electorate’s turn to the left.

Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho’s Social Democratic Party and its People’s Party (CDS-PP) allies came unstuck in the October 4 elections.

Their partnership remains the largest formation in the 230-member parliament, with 102 seats, but this represents a significant slide since 2011.

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