LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal should renegotiate the terms of its international bailout because its program of budget cuts has failed and sent the economy into a slump, the head of the main center-left opposition said on Tuesday. The Socialists, who agreed Portugal's original deal with the IMF and European Union in 2011, have been calling for some time for an easing of the spending cuts and tax hikes that have driven the small euro zone member state into deep recession. But until now they had stopped short of demanding new talks on the terms of the 78 billion euro ($103 billion) bailout. ...
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