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EU accused of Athens coup after threat to end payments

The EU was accused of carrying out a coup yesterday after the head of the European Commission threatened Greece with “paralysis of the country” unless MPs removed their prime minister to form an unelected “national unity government”.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/8871539/EU-accused-of-Athens-coup-after-threat-to-end-payments.html

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