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Saturday, November 28, 2015

Greek PM fails to get opposition backing on pension reform

By Lefteris Papadimas and Angeliki Koutantou ATHENS (Reuters) - Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras failed to secure the backing of Greek opposition parties on Saturday for tough pension reforms the country has promised to submit by December under its international bailout. The leftist government has already raised the retirement age and health care contributions and scrapped most early retirement benefits to get part of the financial aid promised by its European lenders.


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