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Whether Greek citizens will let the new government impose the cuts is an open question (Photo: EUobserver)

Greek elite cobble together fragile unity government

Greece’s two mainstream political parties have agreed on a narrow pact for a national unity government after intense pressure from the EU, which warned that the country would be left to go bankrupt, perhaps within days, if a cross-party consensus was not achieved.

The centre-left prime minister, George Papandreou, loathed by millions of his fellow citizens for the imposition of far-reaching spending cuts, is to step aside once the new administration is in place, although who is to repla...

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Whether Greek citizens will let the new government impose the cuts is an open question (Photo: EUobserver)

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