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Tsipras gets strong mandate for deal in Brussels but left with political conundrum at home
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras received the broad backing from MPs he wanted for the proposals he submitted to lenders during a vote in Parliament early on Saturday but was left with a conundrum to solve after his own coalition lawmakers failed to support it in the necessary numbers.
A total of 251 MPs voted in favour of the proposals, thereby authorising Tsipras and Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos to use them as a basis to negotiate a third bailout with lenders. Also, 32 MPs voted against the plan, while another 8 abstained (vot...
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