‘Portugal has smaller debt but pays interest rate close to Greece’s’

Of all the countries receiving bailout, Portugal is one that has seen the lowest reduction in its interest rates, writes Público.
As a consequence, the proportion of debt repayments to GDP for Portugal will be at a level very close to that of Greece (4.4 per cent for Portugal, against 4.7 per cent for Greece) even though the latter has a substantially higher level of debt.
Público concludes that "when a country that respects the rules suffers more than a country that does not respect them, it looks like it is probably better not to comply".