German Chancellor Angela Merkel has saluted Portugal's announcement of fresh cuts to public spending hitting health-care, state pensions and welfare benefits that aim to ensure that Lisbon reaches its public deficit targets.
"Portugal took a very important step already, as they have presented it today. It's a very good start for discussions," she told reporters in Brussels in a pause between an EU summit focussed on the situation in Libya and the wider north African region and a separat...
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