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Pedro Passos Coelho set for big election win as Portugal swings right (Giles Tremlett, 6/05/11, guardian.co.uk)

Portugal has moved sharply to the right after a general election saw socialist prime minister José Sócrates ousted by opposition leader Pedro Passos Coelho as the country voted under the shadow of a €78bn euro bailout package.

Television exit polls gave Passos Coelho's centre-right social democrats a sweeping victory with a lead of some 12 percentage points over the socialists. [...]

Only five left-wing-led governments now remain among the 27 member states – in Spain, Greece, Austria, Slovenia and Cyprus.

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