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Portugal's parliament rejects budget; snap election looms in 2022

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Portugal's parliament threw out the minority Socialist government's 2022 budget bill on Wednesday, paving the way for snap elections and ending six years of relative political stability under Prime Minister Antonio Costa.

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Yahoo News

Portugal's parliament rejects budget, snap election looms in 2022

LISBON (Reuters) -Portugal's parliament threw out the minority Socialist government's 2022 budget bill on Wednesday, paving the way for snap elections and ending six years of relative political stability under Prime Minister Antonio Costa. Costa's hard-left former allies sided with the conservatives to defeat the bill that envisaged income tax cuts for the middle class and increased public investment while cutting the deficit to 3.2% of gross …

2 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Guardian

Portugal faces snap election as parliament rejects draft budget

Rejection of the government’s proposed budget after weeks of negotiations expected to trigger an early electionPortugal’s parliament has rejected the minority Socialist government’s proposed state budget for 2022, a move expected to trigger an early election and put a brake on the country’s post-pandemic recovery plans.After weeks of negotiations, the moderate Socialists were deserted by their hard-left allies from the Communist party and the Le…

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

Portugal's parliament rejects budget; snap election looms in 2022

By Sergio Goncalves and Andrei Khalip LISBON - Portugal's parliament threw out the minority Socialist government's 2022 budget bill on Wednesday, paving the way for snap elections and ending six years of relative political stability under Prime Minister Antonio Costa. Costa's hard-left former allies sided with the conservatives to defeat the bill that envisaged income tax cuts for the

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

Portugal's parliament rejects budget, snap election looms in 2022

2 years ago·Malaysia

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The Washington Post

Election likely in Portugal after govt defeat in budget vote

Portugal’s parliament has rejected the minority Socialist government’s proposed state budget for 2022

3 years ago

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South China Morning Post

Portugal snap election looms as parliament rejects budget

Portugal’s parliament rejected the government’s budget on Wednesday for the first time since democracy was installed in the 1970s, pushing the country towards early elections.Socialist Prime Minister Antonio Costa lost the support of some smaller left-wing parties, who voted with the opposition against his budget.Costa, who has led minority governments since 2015 but faced increasing opposition from his allies, vowed before the vote not to resig…

2 years ago·Hong Kong

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