Greece Radical Left refuses coalition

Samaras made the comments on Sunday after attending a meeting convened by Greece President Carolos Papoulias with the heads of SYRIZA and the socialist party, each of whom had failed to form a government in the past week.

This is while the socialist and conservative leaders say they are still optimistic that a government could be formed.

Earlier the day, Papoulias said in a statement that he “will summon party leaders in a bid to form a government that will enjoy the backing of the parliamentary body that emerged from general elections on May 6.”

He is making a last-ditch effort to achieve an agreement and overcome the turmoil caused by last weekend’s elections, which left no party with enough parliamentary seats to form a government.

Greece is forced to hold new elections next month if it does not succeed in resolving the political impasse by Thursday, which can endanger the country’s euro membership.

The outgoing coalition government has adopted the spending cuts in order to secure emergency bailout funding from the International Monetary Fund and the European Union.

EU leaders have warned that the crisis could lead to Greece defaulting on its debt and being forced out of the eurozone.

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