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Samaras votes in Greek elections

2012-06-17 2 Dailymotion

ROUGH CUT NO REPORTER NARRATION<br/> <br />Establishment heir and New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras cast his ballot in Greece Sunday where election results could upturn financial markets the world over.<br/> <br />A re-run of a May 6 vote that ended in stalemate, the election amounts to a referendum on the punishing terms set by international lenders as the price of saving Greece from<br/> <br />bankruptcy - withering tax hikes, job losses and pay cuts that have helped condemn Greeks to five years of record recession.<br/> <br />The election is too close to call and could push the debt-ridden country out of the European single currency, rocking the euro to its core and sowing turmoil in global financial markets.<br/> <br />On the right, Antonis Samaras who says rejection of the EU/IMF bailout would mean a return to the drachma and even greater economic calamity.<br/> <br />On the left, radical SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras who is threatening to tear up the terms of the 130 billion euro (163.75 billion U.S dollar) bailout.<br/> <br />Neither party is expected to win outright, triggering coalition negotiations with smaller parties.

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