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Greek
conservative leader Antonis Samaras on Friday said a government after
indecisive weekend elections cannot be formed without the radical left
Syriza party that opposes the EU-IMF loan agreement, AFP reports.
"There must be a durable government," Antonis Samaras
told his New Democracy party deputies. "The Syriza party must
participate, or give a vote of tolerance. It's in their hands to decide
what they want to do," he said.
The Greek ballot on Sunday, which delivered a strong
anti-austerity message, has alarmed the country's European peers which
fear that vital reforms may be now at risk.
Even mainstream parties have publicly called for a
revision of Greece's EU-IMF loan agreement which international creditors
are unlikely to accept.
Samaras on Friday repeated his assertion that the
loan agreement must be "modified" to boost growth in a country mired in a
five-year recession.
"We have asked for changes to measures that have
caused incredible recession," he said. "One after another, European
leaders are also asking for changes."
The European Union has warned that Greece must honor the bailout conditions of budget cuts and deep reforms.
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