Portugal vote on EU fiscal treaty deals blow to Hollande

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Series Details 16.4.12
Publication Date 16/04/2012
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The Portuguese parliament ratified the EU's Fiscal Compact on the 13 April 2012, a key pact on EU budget discipline and the first country in the EU to do so.

The fiscal compact, signed by all but two EU member states in March 2012, will take effect if 12 eurozone Member States adopt it.
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Expresso, 16.4.12: Portugal first to ratify Fiscal Pact (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1816001-portugal-first-ratify-fiscal-pact
BBC News, 13.4.12: Portugal first to approve EU fiscal pact http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17700059
ESO: Background information: Concerns rise over eurozone fiscal treaty http://www.europeansources.info/record/concerns-rise-over-eurozone-fiscal-treaty/
ESO: Background information: EU leaders sign new fiscal treaty http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-leaders-sign-new-fiscal-treaty/
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