The Gloves Are Off! Greek PM Prepares For Showdown With Merkel And Sarkozy Tonight As Europe Teeters On The Brink Of Financial Disaster -- Daily Mail
* Greek cabinet vote unanimously to hold referendum on whether to uphold debt agreement
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The Greek prime minister was today preparing for a tense showdown with the leaders of France and Germany after he announced shock plans to hold a referendum on his country's emergency bail-out.
George Papandreou is on his way to Cannes, France, after securing his ministers' support for the vote in a mammoth seven-hour cabinet meeting last night. The referendum could take place next month.
If Greece rejects the austerity measures - part of a package to stop the sovereign debt crisis spreading, Europe faces being plunged into an economic catastrophe.
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