Portugal court finds provisions of 2013 budget unconstitutional

[JURIST] Portugal's Constitutional Court [official website, in Portuguese] ruled [judgment, in Portuguese] that four out of nine contested austerity measures of the 2013 state budget were unconstitutional. The court's decision came in response to the request of Portugal's President Anibal Cavaco Silva [official website] for the court to determine whether retirees and public workers were being treated unfairly under the terms of the country's constitution. The finding [BBC report] will deprive the country of approximately 1.5 billion euros in savings...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/04/portugal-court-finds-provisions-of-2013-budget-unconstitutional.php

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