[Updated at 12:25 p.m. ET] New Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos won a vote of confidence in the Greek parliament Wednesday, paving the way for his interim coalition government to take power.
He won the vote with 255 in favor to 38 against, as 293 votes were cast in the 300-seat Parliament.
[Posted at 11:11 a.m. ET] The new Greek prime minister, Lucas Papademos, faces a vote of confidence in Parliament on Wednesday, following his appointment to replace George Papandreou.
Papandreou quit last week, forced out by public anger at the budget cuts he was pushing through to get international funds to pay his country's debts.
Fears that Greece might default caused shock waves through the European and American banking systems and sent stock markets on a wild ride that at times wiped billions of dollars of value out of existence.
Papademos, a former banker and European Central Bank vice president, became his country's interim prime minister Friday after several days of political wrangling.
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Debating the story presented is only ONE side of the issue. Debating the reporting or what information is being given in that piece, is another. Question the Media at all times!
He is the Fledgling PM. Fledgling.
I am a fledgling vampire. Fledgling.
That's the only other time I've seen this word in print; Anne Rice novels.
Perhaps I should be reading more nature books...
Nah...
I, Personally, love the word 'gubernatorial'.
So evocative.
@banasy, why would a goveners office be 'evocative'
This guy is a bilderberger. You people better wake up and do your homework.
Now watch as Greece sinks ever deeper into it's very severe depression with this Lucas Papademos. As long as Greece stays within the Eurozone, things will only deteriorate further in that country. Then again, cutting their excessive military spending would help but has an agreement with their creditor allies not to do so!
I still like SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIELIDOCIOUS
@Jerry:
Not the governor's office, the word "gubernatorial."
Because it has "guber" in it...guber=goober...get it?
Ah, never mind.
My only confidence vote for Greece concerns Souvlaki, Moussaka and Gyros.