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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou says talks will soon begin on forming a new coalition1 government that will secure continued bailout funds.
Papandreou made his remarks following a meeting Saturday with Greek President Carolos Papoulias, and hours after surviving a no-confidence vote in parliament.
The prime minister won the vote after saying he was willing to discuss a power-sharing government to approve a bailout deal vital for saving Greece from bankruptcy2 and stabilizing3 countries that use the euro currency.
It is not clear if main opposition4 conservatives and other parties will take part in the talks and drop a demand for early general elections.
Papandreou has warned that calling for early elections would be disastrous5.
On Friday, Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos said Greece desperately6 needs the next $11 billion installment7 of its existing $150 billion bailout. European leaders and the International Monetary8 Fund have said Greece would not get another cent if it backs out of its bailout agreement.
On Thursday, Papandreou scrapped9 a plan for a referendum on the bailout that had angered world leaders trying to formulate10 the eurozone rescue.
The prime minister faced enormous international pressure to call off the referendum. He said the vote was a political move to get Greek opposition to support the bailout plan. He scrapped the referendum plan after the opposition lawmakers said they would support the bailout.
Greek opposition leader Antonis Samaras has demanded Papandreou's resignation, saying he had jeopardized11 Greece's world financial standing12 by calling for the referendum.
Samaras also called for the creation of a transitional government to prepare for early elections.
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1 coalition | |
n.结合体,同盟,结合,联合 | |
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n.破产;无偿付能力 | |
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3 stabilizing | |
n.稳定化处理[退火]v.(使)稳定, (使)稳固( stabilize的现在分词 ) | |
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4 opposition | |
n.反对,敌对 | |
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5 disastrous | |
adj.灾难性的,造成灾害的;极坏的,很糟的 | |
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6 desperately | |
adv.极度渴望地,绝望地,孤注一掷地 | |
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7 installment | |
n.(instalment)分期付款;(连载的)一期 | |
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8 monetary | |
adj.货币的,钱的;通货的;金融的;财政的 | |
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9 scrapped | |
废弃(scrap的过去式与过去分词); 打架 | |
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10 formulate | |
v.用公式表示;规划;设计;系统地阐述 | |
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11 jeopardized | |
危及,损害( jeopardize的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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12 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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