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| Greece debt crisis: Watch angry Golden Dawn MP rip up bailout deal during heated debate | Greece debt crisis: Watch angry Golden Dawn MP rip up bailout deal during heated debate |
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| A far-right Greek MP has torn up the EU bailout conditions in parliament during a heated debate in Athens. | A far-right Greek MP has torn up the EU bailout conditions in parliament during a heated debate in Athens. |
| Ilias Kasidiaris, from Golden Dawn, threw the remnants of the agreement in the air after shouting about the “despicable document”, which was later voted through. | Ilias Kasidiaris, from Golden Dawn, threw the remnants of the agreement in the air after shouting about the “despicable document”, which was later voted through. |
| “They [international creditors] are not going to get anything from Greece and those despicable memoranda to which the Greek people said no will send you [Syriza] and your policy to the rubbish bin of the Greek history,” he said. | “They [international creditors] are not going to get anything from Greece and those despicable memoranda to which the Greek people said no will send you [Syriza] and your policy to the rubbish bin of the Greek history,” he said. |
| Mr Kasidiaris has been involved in several scandals, including appearing to suggest he was a Holocaust denier in parliament, being linked by police to criminal activity and slapping a female MP live on television in 2012. | Mr Kasidiaris has been involved in several scandals, including appearing to suggest he was a Holocaust denier in parliament, being linked by police to criminal activity and slapping a female MP live on television in 2012. |
| Parliament eventually voted to implement more austerity measures to secure urgent debt relief from EU lenders as thousands of protesters gathered in the capital overnight. | Parliament eventually voted to implement more austerity measures to secure urgent debt relief from EU lenders as thousands of protesters gathered in the capital overnight. |
| Former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis was among the dissenting Syriza MPs, calling the deal a “continuation of debt slavery” before one heckler shouted “traitor” and he was booed. | |
| Parliament speaker Zoe Konstantopoulou slammed the deal as a product of blackmail, describing the increasing poverty expected as an act of “social genocide.” | Parliament speaker Zoe Konstantopoulou slammed the deal as a product of blackmail, describing the increasing poverty expected as an act of “social genocide.” |
| Embattled Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said he had little choice but to accept the harsh terms in exchange for a three-year bailout worth €85 billion ($93 billion). | Embattled Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said he had little choice but to accept the harsh terms in exchange for a three-year bailout worth €85 billion ($93 billion). |
| Additional reporting by AP | Additional reporting by AP |