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Greece Submits New Plan

The Greek government has delivered its new proposals for a bailout package. It happened ahead of a deadline on Thursday night.

The Greek government has delivered its new proposals for a bailout package. It happened ahead of a deadline on Thursday night. The deal would appear to outline more austerity than the package that was rejected by Greeks in the referendum last Sunday. We hear from Eleni Varvitsiotis from the Greek newspaper Kathimerini. We hear from our reporter in Athens as Greek businesses and consumers continue to wonder if other countries in the European Union will rescue their nation from financial collapse. The economist Irwin Stelzer, at the Hudson Institute, gives us the view from Washington on Europe's financial crisis.

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Thu 9 Jul 2015 22:32GMT

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