22

May

EU set to announce end of deficit procedure

The European Commission is this morning to announce its decision whether Portugal will leave the Excessive Deficit Procedure that has been in place since 2009. Analysts are widely expecting Brussels to reveal that Portugal is now fully on the road to economic recovery, and will no longer face restrictions from t...

13

Mar

Portugal calls on EU to note its return to fiscal health

Finance minister Mário Centeno wants Brussels to remove country from penalty mechanism   Portugal has urged the EU and credit-rating agencies to acknowledge the scale of its economic turnround as the country heads towards its lowest fiscal deficit in more than 40 years. High quality global journalism r...