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Portugal's deficit, excluding one-off bank support, was 2.8 pct/GDP in 2015

BRUSSELS, April 21 (Reuters) - Portugal had a budget deficit, excluding one-off government support for the Banif bank, of 2.8 percent of gross domestic product last year, the European Union's statistics office Eurostat said on Thursday.

EU finance ministers have asked Portugal to cut the deficit to 2.5 percent under a disciplinary budget procedure.

(Reporting By Jan Strupczewski)