Portugal's Prime Minister and Socialist Party (PS) leader Antonio Costa meets with Portugal's Left Bloc (BE) party leader Catarina Martins in Lisbon, Portugal October 9, 2019. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's far-left parties said on Wednesday that they were willing to work with a new minority Socialist government, with the Communists open to cooperating on a case-by-case basis and the Left Bloc favouring a long-term deal.
The Socialists of caretaker Prime Minister Antonio Costa won a general election on Sunday but landed just shy of a full majority, leading him to open talks with the far-left allies that supported him over the past four years.
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