FILE PHOTO: Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa addresses the nation from Sao Bento Palace, in Lisbon, Portugal, May 3, 2019. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File Photo
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's main conservative opposition parties would approve retroactive pay rises for teachers only if public finances can sustain them, they said on Sunday, reducing the chances of the Socialist government resigning over the issue.
Prime Minister Antonio Costa had threatened to resign if such increases are approved in a full parliamentary vote likely to take place on May 15 after the conservatives joined forces with the far left in a parliamentary committee last week to approve retroactive pay rises for teachers over nine years.
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