(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) Greek politicians have voted to support new austerity proposals to be presented to Greece's European creditors to save the country from financial collapse.
The parliament approved a government motion by a majority vote late on Friday that will allow Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' left-wing Syriza party to put his package of economic reforms to eurozone members in his negotiations for a third bailout.
According to the official count, 251 politicians voted in favour of the proposals, 32 against and eight, including some members of Syriza, voted "present", a form of abstention indicating dissent from their party line. Nine politicians were absent, Aljazeera said.
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