‘London and Berlin got rid of Portuguese debt after Portas and Gaspar resigned’

Published on 4 September 2013

German and British investors respectively sold more than €1.8bn and €450m worth of Portuguese treasury bonds between May and June, triggering a sharp rise in interest rates.

Portuguese bond interest rates rose from 5.3 per cent in mid-May to 7 per cent in June, political crisis in July, when Finance Minister Vitor Gaspar and Foreign Minister Paulo Portas resigned.

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