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Greece has sworn in a senior judge as the country's new caretaker prime minister.
Council of State head Panagiotis Pikrammenos was appointed Wednesday after major political parties failed to form a coalition1 government following several attempts to broker2 a deal.
The 67-year-old Mr. Pikrammenos will be tasked with organizing the country's repeat elections scheduled for June 17.
Analysts3 say the new elections, like those held earlier this month, are also likely to produce a hung parliament with no party securing enough votes to form a government. But a radical4 left coalition led by Alexis Tsipras, the Syriza party leader who fiercely opposes austerity measures, has gained enough support to have a major influence.
This could lead Greece on a collision course with the European Union, whose leaders have said the country will not get any more loans unless it adheres to the tough debt-reducing plan.
The Greek political impasse5 has rattled6 European markets and threatens to undermine the eurozone. The issue figured high in the first official talks Tuesday between France's new president, Francois Hollande, and German Chancellor7 Angela Merkel. During the meeting in Berlin, the two leaders said they support Greece staying in the currency union.
"We have to respect the fact that there are new elections in Greece. So I speak for myself and have made it clear that we want Greece to stay in the eurozone and want its citizens to vote for this. Part of doing this is that the agreements of the memorandum8 [agreement with creditors] must be kept," Merkel said.
On Wednesday, the European Union Commission president, Jose Manuel Barroso, said that while the EU wants Greece to stay in the eurozone, there is no way to change the commitments the previous Greek government made for the austerity plan. As a result, he said Greek voters will have to decide whether to stay in the 17-nation currency union.
"This being said, the ultimate resolve to stay in the euro area must come from Greece itself. We are fully9 aware that the present situation is asking a lot of the Greek people and many sacrifices. But this is the result of policies made in the past," Barroso said.
The political stalemate in Greece has led to rising concerns among eurozone financial ministers that Athens will not uphold the austerity commitments it made as it secured the country's second financial bailout in the last two years.
The economic measures include deep spending cuts, tax hikes, pension cuts and eliminating thousands of government jobs. Greeks have taken to the streets in sometimes violent protests against the bailout requirements.
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n.结合体,同盟,结合,联合 | |
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n.中间人,经纪人;v.作为中间人来安排 | |
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分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 ) | |
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radical
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n.激进份子,原子团,根号;adj.根本的,激进的,彻底的 | |
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n.僵局;死路 | |
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慌乱的,恼火的 | |
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chancellor
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n.(英)大臣;法官;(德、奥)总理;大学校长 | |
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n.备忘录,便笺 | |
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adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地 | |
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