Portugal puts the screws to its people at the behest of EU/ECB/IMF mob bosses

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(BBC) Portugal is planning to cut 30,000 civil service jobs and to raise the retirement age by one year to 66 as it tries to meet the terms of a bailout.

Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho said civil servants would also be required to work 40 hours a week instead of 35.

The proposals, which would be applied mostly from next year, would save 4.8bn euros (£4bn) over three years, he said.

Austerity measures have proved deeply unpopular and have triggered large protests. ..................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22407235