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Sarkozy forced Papandreou to accept troika, new book alleges
By EUobserver
Former Greek PM George Papandreou threatened Tuesday legal action against anyone reproducing excerpts from former HSBC analyst Herve Falciani's new book. It alleges that Papandreou was blackmailed into bringing the troika to Greece by French president Nicolas Sarkozy, because his mother Margarita Papandreou held a secret €500ml HSBC account .