Reuters] Greece's Democratic Left set to withdraw from government-party source
21/06/2013 - 12:37
ATHENS, June 21 (Reuters) - A majority of lawmakers from
Greece's Democratic Left party, a junior partner in the ruling
coalition, are in favour of withdrawing from the government, a
party official told reporters on Friday.
"A strong majority of the parliamentary group and the
executive committee are backing (leader Fotis) Kouvelis's
proposal to withdraw ministers from the government," the
official said on condition of anonymity.
The leftist party's lawmakers were holding an emergency
meeting to decide whether they should stay in the three-party
coalition of conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras.
(Reporting by Renee Maltezou, editing by Deepa Babington)
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