Greek Minister To Tell Papandreou Referendum Wrong, Thema Says

Greek Health Minister Andreas Loverdos will tell Prime Minister George Papandreou his call for a referendum is wrong and it shouldn’t be held, Proto Thema newspaper reported, without saying how it got the information.

Loverdos, and two other members of Papandreou’s Cabinet, plan to tell Papandreou to drop the plan at a meeting later today, the Athens-based newspaper reported.

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