Greek president in final bid to broker coalition
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Greece's president convened the crisis-struck country's wrangling politicians Sunday in a final bid to broker an agreement for a coalition government and avoid new elections that will prolong the political uncertainty and threaten the country's euro membership.
Karolos Papoulias met initially with the heads of conservative New Democracy, radical left Syriza and socialist PASOK parties, who finished in the top three positions in elections last week that left no party with enough votes to form a government. He was then continuing with individual discussions with the heads of smaller parties that won enough votes to gain parliamentary seats, including the head of the extremist right-wing party Golden Dawn. (AP)
