Portugal's Socialist party (PS) leader Antonio Costa (L) leaves after a meeting with President Anibal Cavaco Silva (not pictured) at Belem Palace in Lisbon, Portugal November 23, 2015. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante
LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva asked Socialist leader Antonio Costa on Monday to start work to form a government but warned him he must not allow possible future partners on the far left to compromise the country's commitments to Europe.
The president said in a statement he has asked Costa for clarification on how a minority Socialist government would pass budgets, especially the 2016 one, and about commitments to try to keep the budget deficit within European Union rules.
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