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In a 24-hour marathon session, Greek lawmakers approved the draft of an 85 billion euro bailout reached earlier this week with international lenders — agreeing to many of the austerity measures that voters rejected in a referendum last month and sparking a rebellion in the ruling party ranks.
After what The Guardian describes the session as "a tumultuous, often ill-tempered and at times surreal all-night debate," the parliamentary green light passes the baton to Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos, who heads to Brussels to meet his eurozone counterparts, who must approve the final deal.
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Several defiant Syriza MPs who voted against these have been let go since the first reform vote weeks ago.
Is Tsipras in trouble?
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Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, whose leftist Syriza party was deeply split in the vote, fell short of the 120 votes he would need to survive a censure motion, "leading to speculation he would call a confidence vote next week and snap elections as early as next month," the Guardian reports. The final vote was 222 in favor, 64 against and 11 abstentions.
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Update: Greece's European partners have approved it.
