Portugal’s government does not enjoy the confidence of the Parliament. It is now likely that Prime Minister, Pedro Passos Coelho, will resign.

The government’s fall comes in less than six weeks following the formation of a minority government. The opposition parties of the left – Socialists, the Left Bloc, Communists and Greens – formed an alliance that has outvoted the Coelho’s center-right government by 123 to 107 votes in a 230-seat parliament.

The Portuguese left opposition commands a ...