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Greek 1)Coalition Talks Fail, Forcing New Election Courtesy of The New York Times

By RACHEL DONADIO and NIKI KITSANTONIS

Published: May 15, 2012

(photo-Courtesy of the VOA )

ATHENS — Greek political leaders said Tuesday that they had failed to find 2) consensus to form a government, pushing the rudderless country to new elections amid 3)political instability and 4)volatility in financial markets that could push Greece to 5)abandon the euro. Markets immediately dropped on the news, and the euro’s value 6)declined.

 大意：希臘談判無法達成共識，在政治動盪與股市波動中，要舉行重新選舉，可能迫使希臘放棄歐元。股市在新聞發佈時立即下挫，歐元價格下跌。

President Karolos Papoulias was expected to make plans for a 7)caretaker government on Wednesday that would lead to new elections in a month. He is being forced to act by the failure of a last-ditch attempt to form a unity government aimed at keeping Greece in the euro zone and forcing it to honor its 8)commitments to the foreign lenders who are 9)keeping the country afloat.

大意： 希臘總統帕普利亞斯為了要成立一個新的臨時政府，需要在一個月內重新舉辦大選。由於組成聯合政府的希望破滅，他被迫要採取行動，讓希臘仍留在歐元區，信守對那些讓希臘能持續運作的國外債主們的承諾。