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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Greek Socialist deputies to back austerity, reforms: sources

Leader of Socialist PASOK party Venizelos addresses journalists after meeting government coalition party leaders in AthensATHENS (Reuters) - The overwhelming majority of lawmakers from Greece's Socialist PASOK party, the second-biggest partner in the country's ruling coalition, will support a raft of austerity and reform measures in a parliamentary vote, two lawmakers told Reuters on Tuesday. "We took a majority decision to back the measures," one Socialist deputy told Reuters after the end of a party meeting to decide its stance. All but about four of the party's 33 deputies backed the decision, one of the lawmakers said. ...



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