Социалистическата партия, начело с Антониу Коща, победи дясноцентристите на изборите в Португалия

An alliance of Portugal’s left-wing parties brought down the centre-right minority government weeks after a general election, in Lisbon on Tuesday. The centre-left Socialist party established an alliance with the smaller Communist party and the Left Bloc; a party linked to Greece's Syriza. The alliance used a parliamentary vote on policy to force former Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho and his Social Democratic Party to resign. Leader of the Socialist Party Antonio Costa is now expected to become prime minister, heading up a broad left-wing coalition. Costa has previously advocated the easing of austerity policies whilst still adhering to the European Union rules.