ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's conservative opposition leader Vangelis Meimarakis said on Friday he would try to cobble together a government with parties from the current parliament to avoid a negative impact from early elections. Meimarakis, who heads the New Democracy party, was formally handed a three-day mandate by the country's president to try to form a new government earlier on Friday after Alexis Tsipras stepped down as prime minister on Thursday. He told reporters snap elections expected on Sept. ...
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