Tsipras says Portugal showed the way in following socially friendly policies after bailout

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Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras stressed the importance of completing the economic adjustment programs and implementing “socially friendly policies” afterwards during a meeting with Portuguese counterpart Antonio Costa in Lisbon on Friday.

“Portugal is a very good example for us because you showed the way, not just on how to exit the memorandums, but also how to apply socially friendly policies right after the memorandums,” he told Costa at the start of their talks.

“Right after our exit from the memorandums next August, we will have the example of Portugal to persuade all our European partners that we must implement the same social policies,” he added.

He will then attend a working dinner of the European Socialist Party at 22:30.

On Saturday, the prime minister will be meeting with the European Commissioner for Economic and Social Affairs Pierre Moscovici at 11:30, before returning to Athens.

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