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Greek parliament in chaos over revised bailout plan
Finance minister backtracks after telling MPs he had secured a two-year extension for debt repayments. Chaos in the Greek parliament following a row over the country's revised bailout plan brought fresh gloom to the eurozone as figures showed the currency union moving closer to recession. The Greek finance minister was forced to drop claims that he had secured a two-year extension for debt repayments and an agreement with creditors over €13.5bn (£10.9bn) of proposed austerity measures when he addressed MPs on Wednesday. Yannis Stournaras had previously told MPs that a deal was ready, only to later admit that ... (full story)