LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's prime minister said on Thursday the economy may have grown in the second quarter in a sign of recovery from its worst recession in decades as he defended his government's record against a no-confidence motion in parliament.
Pedro Passos Coelho called on the main opposition Socialists to show responsibility and accept the president's request for a broad political deal to keep an EU/IMF bailout on track until it ends in mid-2014 and end a recent political crisis that threatened Lisbon's bailout exit.