Ministers, MPs turn against PM over referendum (Greece -- Papandreou)

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Prime Minister George Papandreou is facing a major revolt from his own party this morning after returning from a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

An extraordinary Cabinet meeting has been called for noon today and several ministers and MPs have already publicly questioned Papandreou’s decision to call a referendum on whether Greece should remain in the euro or not.

Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos, who accompanied Papandreou to the meeting at the sidelines of the G20 talks in Cannes, was the first to declare his opposition the idea of the referendum but was soon followed by others.

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