Sócrates’ election revival bucks trend / Right senses victory in Portugal election

Articles and features in the last week before the General Election in Portugal, 5 June 2011. The early election was being held in the context of the economic and financial crisis facing Portugal and the terms of an EU/ECB/IMF bail-out.

ESO: Background information: Politicians battle over Portuguese bail-out http://www.europeansources.info/record/politicians-battle-over-portuguese-bail-out/

ESO: Background information: Portuguese legislative election, 2011 http://www.europeansources.info/record/portuguese-legislative-election-2011/

Público, 3.6.11: What future after the election? (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/691601-what-future-after-election

Deutsche Welle, 4.6.11: Crisis-hit Portugal gears up for key elections http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15126975,00.html

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