- will ask president to dissolve parliament
- confident that his party will be returned to power
- says Greek people won’t let the country go back to crisis
- says a minority of MPs have dragged the country to elections
PM Samaras in live tv broadcast fr0m Athens. Bbg reporting
Elsewhere the German govt have declined to comment saying only that it’s watching the situation closely according to dep spokesperson Wirtz.
The Greek opposition left-wing Syriza party are leading the polls and want the terms of the bailout renegotiated. Markets, as well as the Troika, will have a particular eye on this event as 2015 get underway in earnest
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Greek parilament says no to Dimas and offers the electorate a debate on bailout
