Greece’s parliament on Thursday backed a slew of fresh austerity measures demanded by the country’s creditors, clearing the way for talks to begin on a fresh €86bn bailout package to prevent the country crashing out of the eurozone.
But a rebellion inside the ruling coalition that saw 38 government MPs not back the measures raises fears that prime minister Alexis Tsipras may struggle to retain control of the government and his ruling Syriza party.
In a sign of the tensions before a key parliamentary vote, radical leftist demonstrators opposed to further cuts hurled petrol bombs outside parliament and riot police used tear gas to disperse protesters, whose numbers had swelled to more than 10,000.
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