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| Greek MPs' vote triggers snap poll | Greek MPs' vote triggers snap poll |
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| Greek MPs have rejected the presidential candidate nominated by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, triggering a snap general election. | Greek MPs have rejected the presidential candidate nominated by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, triggering a snap general election. |
| Stavros Dimas failed to reach the necessary 180 votes, which means that parliament will have to be dissolved. | Stavros Dimas failed to reach the necessary 180 votes, which means that parliament will have to be dissolved. |
| Greece's economy has begun to recover after six years of recession. | Greece's economy has begun to recover after six years of recession. |
| But Greeks have endured years of austerity and the left-wing Syriza party leading the polls wants the terms of a huge EU-IMF bailout renegotiated. | But Greeks have endured years of austerity and the left-wing Syriza party leading the polls wants the terms of a huge EU-IMF bailout renegotiated. |
| The Greek stock market fell almost 10% as MPs voted for a third and final time on Monday. Shortly afterwards, Mr Samaras announced that elections would take place on 25 January. | |
| Mr Dimas, a former European commissioner, secured the votes of only 168 MPs, the same number he had won during the second vote last week. | Mr Dimas, a former European commissioner, secured the votes of only 168 MPs, the same number he had won during the second vote last week. |
| The final vote is regarded as a major setback for the prime minister, as well as for eurozone countries that worked hard to bring Greece back from the brink in 2010. | The final vote is regarded as a major setback for the prime minister, as well as for eurozone countries that worked hard to bring Greece back from the brink in 2010. |
| Since then €240bn (£188bn; $290bn) has been spent helping Greece pay off its debts. In return for two major bailouts, the EU and IMF demanded stringent austerity measures. | Since then €240bn (£188bn; $290bn) has been spent helping Greece pay off its debts. In return for two major bailouts, the EU and IMF demanded stringent austerity measures. |
| German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, in an interview on Saturday, praised Greece's progress in tackling its debt crisis. But he warned: "Every new government needs to fulfil the contractual agreements of its predecessors." | German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, in an interview on Saturday, praised Greece's progress in tackling its debt crisis. But he warned: "Every new government needs to fulfil the contractual agreements of its predecessors." |
| Although Syriza's lead in the opinion polls has been narrowing in recent weeks, there is concern in the markets and among EU officials that a new Greek government could throw out many of the fiscal reforms implemented by Mr Samaras's coalition with the left-of-centre Pasok party. | Although Syriza's lead in the opinion polls has been narrowing in recent weeks, there is concern in the markets and among EU officials that a new Greek government could throw out many of the fiscal reforms implemented by Mr Samaras's coalition with the left-of-centre Pasok party. |