Talk:Economy of Portugal

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This page needs editing. It is written in bad English.

[edit] GDP

I updated GDP and Growth rates to 2005 figures provided by the International Monetary Fund Database's figures. --JDnCoke 18:43, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] This is in sore need of rewriting and updating

Portugal breached the deficit by over 6%. PM Jose Socrates has taken all sorts of austere measures and continues to feel the heat from the people.

Portugal's budget deficit stands at 6.2 percent of GDP, more than double the three percent limit imposed by the EU's Stability and Growth Pact, which acts as the fiscal rulebook for the block. http://www.eubusiness.com/Finance/050920114507.2m2b6zsg

Protests mount in Portugal over government austerity measures

21/10/2005

Portugal on Friday faced further protests and strikes by teachers, nurses, police and other state workers over government spending cuts to trim a bulging public deficit that far exceeds European Union budget limits.

Some 35,000 striking Portugese civil servants from across the country demonstrated in Lisbon on Thursday against Prime Minister Jose Socrates' plans to curb their pension and health benefits and union officials said more protests were coming. http://www.eubusiness.com/Employment/051021130230.ze69k8w0

There's so much more. I plan to revise this to reflect the reality of today. Maluka 03:48, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Misuse of words

A user asked what "sinistrality" meant, it's used in describing the terrible drivers and it means "preference for using the left hand". I don't understand why regular English words aren't used. It appears often that someone is using Bablefish and anyone that's used that to translate Portuguese to English and vice versa knows it's a joke.