Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho (L) listens to Antonio Costa, leader of the opposition Socialist party (PS), during a meeting in Lisbon, Portugal October 9, 2015. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's acting prime minister Pedro Passos Coelho failed on Friday to win the backing of the opposition Socialists for a new centre-right government, raising political uncertainty that could threaten a nascent economic recovery.
Passos Coelho had invited Socialist leader Antonio Costa to the three-hour meeting after his coalition won the most votes in an election but failed to win a majority in parliament.
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