Merkel Contains Greek Bailout Revolt Before German Vote

Chancellor Angela Merkel won support for Greece’s third bailout from most of her party bloc’s lawmakers in a test vote, suggesting that the German parliament will back the program by a wide margin.

In a sign that Merkel may have contained a party revolt, 56 members of her parliamentary caucus opposed approving the 86 billion-euro ($95 billion) aid package and four abstained, a Christian Democratic party official said. In July, 60 of her 311 lawmakers voted against talks on further aid to Greece.