José Sócrates
On 23 March 2011 , Sócrates submitted his resignation to President Aníbal Cavaco Silva after the Parliament rejected a new austerity package ( the fourth in a year ) , leading to the 2011 snap election . Financial status of the country deteriorated and on 6 April Sócrates caretaker government requested a bail-out program which was conceded . 
<triplet> European debt crisis <subj> 2010 <obj> point in time