BERLIN (Reuters) - A total of 60 members of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives voted against starting negotiations on a third bailout programme for Greece, parliamentary figures showed on Friday. The number of rebels more than doubled from a vote in February, when parliament extended a second bailout package, dealing a blow to Merkel and highlighting the strength of grassroots opposition to funnelling further aid to Athens. A total of 241 conservative lawmakers voted in favour of starting negotiations in Friday's vote and there were five abstentions. ...
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