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| Portuguese MPs have forced a minority centre-right government to resign after rejecting its austerity policies less than two weeks after it was sworn in. | Portuguese MPs have forced a minority centre-right government to resign after rejecting its austerity policies less than two weeks after it was sworn in. |
| The coalition of the prime minister, Pedro Passos Coelho, had emerged as the largest party in a general election on 4 October but lost its outright majority in a public backlash against austerity measures adopted following a €78bn bailout in 2011. | The coalition of the prime minister, Pedro Passos Coelho, had emerged as the largest party in a general election on 4 October but lost its outright majority in a public backlash against austerity measures adopted following a €78bn bailout in 2011. |
| The vote to bring it down follows the moderate Socialist party forming an unprecedented alliance with the Communists and their allies, giving the grouping 122 seats out of 230 in Portugal’s parliament. | |
| The Socialist party’s internal political committee announced late on Sunday that it had recommended its MPs support a motion to take down the government. | The Socialist party’s internal political committee announced late on Sunday that it had recommended its MPs support a motion to take down the government. |
| Party leader Antonio Costa is now expected to become prime minister in coming weeks. | Party leader Antonio Costa is now expected to become prime minister in coming weeks. |
| Outgoing prime minister, Passos Coelho had warned ahead of the vote that the Socialist-led bloc’s policies would “ruin Portugal”. | |
| His second government is the shortest since Portugal returned to democracy in 1974. |