LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's government dismissed as "unrealistic and lacking substance" a no-confidence motion fielded by the main opposition party, vowing to stick to budget consolidation policies despite growing resistance to austerity.
The government can easily defeat the motion in parliament, where it has a solid majority, making it largely a symbolic move that formalises the Socialists' change of tack over the past few months towards austerity dictated by an international bailout.
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