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Greece in state of political chaos

Amid protests, Cabinet approves cuts, but outcome is far from certain

By Niki Kitsantonis and Rachel Donadio

 |  New York Times  

  February 11, 2012

Political turmoil deepened in Greece Friday as Prime Minister Lucas Papademos threatened to eject from his fragile interim coalition government any ministers who objected to the country’s new austerity deal with foreign creditors. ‘’It goes without saying that whoever disagrees and does not vote for the new program cannot stay in the government,’’ he said in a televised speech to his Cabinet following the resignation of several ministers and their deputies.

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