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Friday, July 17, 2015

German conservatives support talks on further Greek aid in test vote

A resounding majority of Germany's conservative lawmakers voted in favour of starting talks on a third Greek bailout in a test ballot on Thursday, the eve of a vote in the Bundestag lower house of parliament, sources in the conservative parliamentary faction said. The conservative bloc, which is composed of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian allies, the Christian Social Union (CSU), has more than 300 seats in parliament but it was not clear exactly how many conservative lawmakers were at the test vote.


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