Portuguese president calls for early elections in 2014

Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva threw the bailed-out eurozone country into disarray on the 11 July 2013 after rejecting a plan to heal a rift in the government coalition a government rift, igniting what critics called a 'time bomb' by calling for early elections in 2014.

By the 19 July 2013 the Portuguese newspaper Diário Económico reported that on the fifth day of meetings between the country’s three main parties, the PS, PSD and CDS-PP, hopes were fading of reaching a deal over how to implement President Aníbal Cavaco Silva’s call for 'national salvation'.

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ESO: Background information: Portugal PM Passos Coelho briefs president on 'deal' http://www.europeansources.info/record/portugal-pm-passos-coelho-briefs-president-on-deal/

BBC News, 11.07.13: Portugal president Cavaco Silva rejects early vote http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23261035

ESO: Background Information: Portugal finance minister quits / / Political crisis in Portugal http://www.europeansources.info/record/portugal-finance-minister-quits-political-crisis-in-portugal/

The Guardian, 12.07.13: Presidential intervention plunges Portugal into new bailout crisis http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/12/presidential-intervention-portugal-bailout-crisis

Deutsche Welle, 10.07.13: Portugal President Cavaco Silva keeps faith with ruling coalition http://dw.de/p/195xg

Reuters, 12.07.13: Portugal president throws politics into disarray http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/07/11/uk-portugal-crisis-idUKBRE96A0CD20130711

El País, 12.07.13: Portuguese political crisis deepens http://elpais.com/elpais/2013/07/12/inenglish/1373657122_705263.html

Diário económico, 19.07.13: Disagreement (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/3983991-disagreement

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