Greek debt vote throws Europe back into turmoil

Sam Fleming, Charles Bremner, Sam Coates and Roland Watson

Updated 45 minutes ago

Greece threw the eurozone into fresh turmoil last night by announcing that it would allow voters the chance to reject the emergency bailout package agreed in Brussels last week. George Papandreou, the Greek Prime Minister, stunned European capitals by saying that he would hold a referendum on the details tortuously negotiated by eurozone leaders. The announcement, made after European financial markets had closed, effectively gives Greek voters a veto on the deal and raises the spectre of financial chaos across Europe if they reject it...


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