Greek Lawmakers Weigh Bailout Country's Leaders Despise
Alexis Tsipras, Greece's prime minister, prepares to take part in a parliamentary meeting of Syriza party lawmakers in Athens, Greece, on Wednesday, July 15, 2015.
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Greek lawmakers debated accepting further austerity in exchange for a new bailout of as much as 86 billion euros ($94 billion), a deal leaders denounced even as they urged colleagues to support it.
Speeches in parliament continued past 1:30 a.m. Thursday in Athens on a bill that will impose spending cuts and tax rises demanded by creditors. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras waited until after midnight to speak, leaving his finance minister, other members of his Coalition of the Radical Left, or Syriza, and the opposition to make the case for passing the bailout bill.