Portugal's Communist party has struck a historic deal with the country's Socialists and radical Left in a bid to assume power and overthrow the incumbent centre-right after just 11 days.
After weeks of negotiations, the Communists have resolved their differences to form a "triple Left" coalition that will bring down the government of Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho when a parliamentary vote of confidence is held on Tuesday.
A statement on the party's website said “conditions are in place” to bring an end to the nascent minority government. Between them, the Communists, Socialists and Left Bloc would have a 51pc parliamentary majority.
Mr Passos Coelho was only sworn into office last Friday. His centre-right coalition oversaw four years of austerity policies in the former bail-out country, but lost its parliamentary majority in elections last month.
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