The German parliament Friday (17 July) gave the government a mandate to negotiate a new Greek bailout, with the majority of No votes coming from left-wing deputies.
A total of 439 MPs voted Yes to the agreement reached at a euro summit Monday morning (13 July) while 119 voted against, including 60 from the centre-right governing CDU/CSU.
The rest of those voting against including 63 leftist deputies and six from other factions. Forty MPs abstained.
In February, 542 MPs had ...
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