LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's prime minister said on Thursday the economy may have grown in the second quarter as he defended his record against a no-confidence motion that the ruling coalition is set to defeat in parliament.
A painful austerity drive under Portugal's 78-billion-euro EU/IMF bailout has pushed the country into its worst recession since the 1970s, but Passos Coelho said growing exports and external surpluses offered signs of a turnaround.
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