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Tsipras appeals to lawmakers to back bailout

Tsipras appeals to lawmakers to back bailout

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras urged lawmakers to approve an 85-billion-euro bailout agreement with creditors on Friday, calling it a "necessary choice" for the nation.

Addressing parliament before lawmakers vote on the deal, Tsipras said Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos faced a battle at a meeting of euro zone finance ministers later on Friday to avert the threat of a bridge loan – which he called a return to a "crisis without end" – being offered to Greece instead of bailout aid.

[Reuters]

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