Greece faces snap elections next month that risk severing theinternational lifeline that has supported the country since itsparked Europe's sovereign debt crisis in 2010.
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said in a live broadcast inAthens today that he will recommend parliamentary elections areheld on Jan. 25, almost 18 months before his coalition's term wasdue to end. Samaras spoke after he failed in his third attempt topersuade lawmakers to back his candidate for head of state, forcingthe legislature's dissolution.
“The government did everything possible to get a new presidentelected and a minority of MPs now drags the country to earlyelections,” Samaras said in remarks broadcast on state-run NeritTV. “I will do everything to guarantee that the country stays onthe path of reforms.”
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