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Just how big are Portugal’s fiscal problems?

After narrowly avoiding EU fines for its excessive fiscal deficit, the Portuguese Government has a lot of work to do to get its finances in order. But strong political resistance to austerity and continued slow economic growth mean that the deficit is likely to fall only slowly and public debt will rise over the next few years.

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