Portugal's Coelho Makes Final Appeal to Voters Before Election
- Portugal's prime minister leads in the polls before election
- Rival blocs broadly agree on need for deficit reduction
Portugal’s Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho.
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Portugal’s Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho made a last-minute appeal to voters not to jeopardize the nation’s economic progress, as the country prepares to go to the polls in what promises to be one of the closest elections in a generation.
Coelho’s Social Democrats and governing partner, the CDS party, face the Socialists in Sunday’s ballot, with polls indicating that he may win re-election.