Striking Portuguese postal workers scuffled with police during a protest against the privatisation of national mail company Correios de Portugal SA (CTT).<br /><br />Picketers attempted to stop postal vans leaving a major Lisbon distribution centre and officers moved in to clear the way. Portugal’s Communist Party has accused the police of using excessive force.<br /><br />The Portuguese government is selling off stakes in national companies – as it makes efforts to reduce government debt as part of the 78 billion euro international bailout package it secured in 2011.<br /><br />Lisbon is looking raise more than 400 million euros from selling 70 percent of CTT.
