Greek bailout vote puts Syriza party rebellion to the test
But the legislation is all but certain to pass, despite planned protests, after opposition parties said they would back it
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GREECE'S leftist government tried on Wednesday to contain a rebellion in Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' Syriza party ahead of a vote in the evening on reforms required to start talks on a rescue deal.
A first set of reforms that focused largely on tax hikes and budget discipline triggered a rebellion in Syriza last week and passed only thanks to votes from pro-EU opposition parties.
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