Socrates is at the head of a minority government, since he at the parliamentary election in autumn 2009, lost its absolute majority. "We can not be satisfied," said Sócrates on Sunday evening. As the Election Commission CNE for the closure of the last polling stations in Lisbon next announced, the Socialist Manuel Alegre, 74, landed far behind in second place.The renowned writer reached after counting more than 98 percent of the vote to only 19.7 percent. The focus of the campaign, the acute economic and financial crisis had been counted in the ten million poorest country in Western Europe. Despite his reserved manner Cavaco had criticized the policies of the Socialist minority government of Socrates with unusually sharp language.
The situation was "explosive," he warned. Cavaco Sist one of the best and most experienced economists of the country. reigned as "O Professor" from 1985 to 1995, the poorest country in Western Europe, Portugal experienced an economic boom. Cavaco had "like no other mark on the country after the end of the dictatorship on 25 April (1974)," the newspaper wrote recently, "I".
However, it is expected that Cavaco supports the government in its austerity. Portugal is currently trying to survive its debt crisis without an international rescue package as in Ireland. Although the President has a more representative role. He can dismiss the prime minister and dissolve parliament.
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