Greece coalition partners pull ministers

Greece coalition partners pull ministers
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Summary Samaras' three-party coalition currently has 167 seats in the 300-member parliament.

 

ATHENS, Greece (AP) - A junior partner in Greece s coalition government says it will withdraw its two cabinet ministers from the government following a dispute over state broadcaster ERT that has thrown the bailed-out country back into crisis.

 

Democratic Left party officials said the ministers of justice and civil service reform would resign from the 17-member cabinet of ministers within the day.

 

It was not immediately clear whether the party would continue to support conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras  coalition government in parliament.

 

Samaras  three-party coalition currently has 167 seats in the 300-member parliament, including the 14 lawmakers from the Democratic Left.

 

The crisis in Greece saw the country s borrowing costs spike Friday, while shares on the Athens Stock Exchange were 3.2 percent lower.
 

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