BBC: Many Greeks are in despair. They are against further austerity and yet they fear the unknown, bankruptcy and exclusion from the eurozone.
Gavin Hewitt, BBC Europe editor, 13 February 2012:
Late on Sunday night the parliament voted to support the new spending cuts. It was a vote that revealed just how divided Greece is - 43 deputies rebelled.
Even some of the politicians who urged a vote in favour of the new measures do not believe in them.
The politician leading in the polls, Antonis Samaras, believes that austerity is locking the country into a cycle of decline. He wants a spring election.
Europe's leaders want his signature on a piece of paper pledging that he will continue with the spending cuts if he becomes prime minister.
Read more here
Grekland
Late on Sunday night the parliament voted to support the new spending cuts. It was a vote that revealed just how divided Greece is - 43 deputies rebelled.
Even some of the politicians who urged a vote in favour of the new measures do not believe in them.
The politician leading in the polls, Antonis Samaras, believes that austerity is locking the country into a cycle of decline. He wants a spring election.
Europe's leaders want his signature on a piece of paper pledging that he will continue with the spending cuts if he becomes prime minister.
Read more here
Grekland
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