Papandreou Struggles to Hold on to Power Before Key Vote
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Prime Minister George Papandreou struggled to hold on to power after Greece’s largest opposition party rebuffed his overtures to form a national unity government, raising the prospect of elections that could delay aid needed to prevent default.
Opposition leader Antonis Samaras rejected sharing power with Papandreou and called on the premier to quit. Papandreou, 59, scrapped a referendum on a bailout accord with the European Union to avert a split in his party before a confidence vote scheduled for midnight tonight.