Saturday, November 9, 2013

Greek government faces no-confidence vote amid ERT raid




‘Greece’s parliament has begun debating a vote of no confidence called for by the main opposition party following a police raid on former state broadcaster ERT’s headquarters.

The discussions were launched on Friday after the leftist opposition party, SYRIZA, submitted the motion a day earlier.

SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras said the government had “no popular mandate” for its policies concerning ERT.’

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