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German parliament backs third Greek bailout package

Published: 19 Aug 2015 - 01:49 pm | Last Updated: 02 Nov 2021 - 03:08 am
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German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble (C) addresses a session of Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, August 19, 2015, prior to a vote on Greece's third bailout programme.

 

BERLIN: German lawmakers voted on Wednesday to back a third bailout for Greece despite a rebellion in the ranks of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives that suggests she cannot ask parliament to help Athens again.

 

A total of 454 lawmakers voted in favor of the 86-billion-euro package -- Greece's third in the last five years. Votes against totaled 113. There were 18 abstentions.

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