Opposition and government parties have clashed over how the Brussels-bound Portuguese Prime Minister should be replaced.
President Jorge Sampaio now has to decide between conflicting calls for fresh elections or the appointment of a successor to José Manuel Durão Barroso from within his own Social Democratic Party (PSD).
The Portuguese prime minister was formally selected by EU leaders to head the European Commission following a short half-hour meeting in Brussels on Tuesday eve...
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