Greece unveils new coalition as bailout battle looms
- Published: 20 Jun 2012 at 09.48
- Online news: World
Conservative leader Antonis Samaras was sworn in Wednesday as the prime minister of a new Greek coalition, as he took up the challenge of trying to revise the terms an unpopular EU-IMF bailout deal.
New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras (left) meets Greek President Carolos Papoulias in Athens. Samaras was been sworn in as the prime minister of new Greek coalition, as he took up the challenge of trying to revise the terms an unpopular EU-IMF bailout deal.
"With God's help we will do everything we can to take the country out of the crisis," the 61-year-old former foreign minister told reporters after a formal ceremony at the presidential palace that ended two months of political deadlock.
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