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Silva's Facebook page - Lisbon has so far been a poster child for southern bailouts (Photo: facebook.com)

Portuguese head breaks ranks, urges ECB bond-buying

Portugal's President Anibal Cavaco Silva has broken the government's tacit pro-German line and urged the European Central Bank (ECB) to start buying bonds from troubled eurozone countries.

"Why not have the ECB start applying now to public debt securities from Portugal and Ireland the orientation announced by its president," Cavaco Silva said in a message posted on his Facebook page on Thursday (9 August).

He was referring to stat...

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Silva's Facebook page - Lisbon has so far been a poster child for southern bailouts (Photo: facebook.com)

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