Although the motion is almost certain to be defeated by the ruling coalition, which enjoys a comfortable majority, the move exposes growing dissent over the austerity policies imposed on Portugal since it received a €78bn international bailout agreed in May 2011. "The time has come to put an end to the austerity policies that are impoverishing our country and demand heavy sacrifices from the Portuguese people without them seeing any results," the Socialist Party said in the motion. The Socialists were in power when Lisbon sought the bailout but they now accuse Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho's government of an ... (full story)