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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Analysis : Bruised Greek government to limp along, toughen stance with lenders

Greece's Prime Minister Samaras arrives for a cabinet meeting in AthensBy Harry Papachristou ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's weakened coalition government is expected to survive the departure of a junior partner for now but will be forced to resist any fresh demands from its foreign lenders to prevent its tiny parliamentary majority from crumbling. A year after coming to power, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras suffered a heavy blow when his smallest coalition partner, the Democratic Left, quit the government last week to protest the abrupt closure of state broadcaster ERT. ...



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