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Wed 05 May 2004Parties blame each other for deep recession, unemploymentCountry profile/Portugal: As Portugal prepares for the Euro 2004 football championship, which will attract up to 500,000 visitors to the country in June, the opposition Socialist Party has seized on soccer as the dominant theme for its European election campaign posters.Billboards show a referee holding up a yellow card to the Prime Minister, Mr José Manuel Durão Barroso, blaming his government for the recession that has buffeted the economy, bringing with it increased unemployment and plummeting consumer confidence.