"We are continuing to work", said the source, who refused to give any details about the course of the talks, the same day that the Left Bloc announced on its Internet page that it had concluded its negotiations with the Socialists and that there were conditions for a leftist accord.


Socialist party general secretary, António Costa, spoke to the Communists on Thursday evening in a final attempt of conciliation with his Communist counterpart, Jerónimo de Sousa, before the Socialist party meeting at the weekend.


The Left Bloc said today that the details of the agreement with the Socialists would only be made public after the other parties approve the document.