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May 14, 2012

Greece Election Likely as Leftist Reject Coalition 
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Greece appears headed toward a new round of elections with the ongoing
failure of rival political parties to form a government coalition. The
impasses centers on an international bailout that offers Greece billions
in loans in return for harsh austerity measures gutting the public
sector. At a rally on Sunday, the head of Greece's Coalition of the
Radical Left party, Alexis Tsipras, renewed his vow to refuse any
coalition that agrees to the bailout terms.

Alexis Tsipras: "We will take our responsibilities, and the biggest
responsibility we have to the people is for the people not to lose their
hope. The biggest responsibility we have is not to appear that we are
backtracking on what we said before the elections and what we do after
the elections. And we won't."

 

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