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Nikos Michaloliakos, the jailed leader of the extreme right Golden Dawn party, centre, signals against the government, at the parliament in Athens on Monday, Dec. 29, 2014. Parliament failed to elect a new Greek president after three rounds of voting, triggering an early general election on Jan. 25, which could see a pro-bailout coalition lose power. Michaloliakos is awaiting trial on charges of membership of a criminal organization. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greece heads for early election, stoking financial concerns

By Elena Becatoros and Nicholas Paphitis - Associated Press

Police fences protect the Greek parliament in central Athens on Nov. 5, 2012, ahead of a 48-hour nationwide general strike. Greece is facing three days of escalating anti-austerity strikes, with state hospital doctors, taxi drivers, transport workers and journalists walking off the job. (Associated Press)

Greek unions start 3 days of anti-austerity action

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Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras (right) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel speak before their meeting at the Maximos mansion in Athens on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, Pool)

Merkel gets hostile reception on Greek visit

By Derek Gatopoulos and Nicholas Paphitis - Associated Press

Protesters kick a police barrier in front of the Parliament during German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to Athens on Tuesday. She says Greece has covered “much of the ground” needed for recovery, but some 50,000 demonstrators see the visit as a harbinger of more austerity and hardship. (Associated Press)

Merkel visit met with protests in Greece

By Nicholas Paphitis and Derek Gatopoulos - Associated Press

**FILE** German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) talks Aug. 24 2012, to Prime Minister of Greece Antonis Samaras during a welcome ceremony at the chancellery in Berlin. (Associated Press/dapd/Maja Hitij)

Germany’s Merkel to visit Greece next week

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

Greek municipal workers protest Sept. 12, 2012, against the new austerity measures in central Athens. A fresh wave of anti-austerity strikes hit Greece as the leaders of the governing coalition struggled to finalize further spending cuts for the coming two years — without which the country will lose its vital rescue loans. (Associated Press)

Greece faces more anti-austerity strikes, protests

By Nicholas Paphitis - Associated Press

New Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras presents his government's policy platform July 6, 2012, at the parliament in Athens. (Associated Press)

New Greek prime minister outlines crisis policy

By Derek Gatopoulos and Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

New Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras waves after being sworn in on Wednesday, June 20, 2012, in Athens. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Greece’s designated finance minister steps down

By Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

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TAUBE: Another Greek tragedy in the making?

By By Michael Taube

Antonis Samaras (right) is sworn in as Greece's prime minister during a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Athens on Wednesday as Greek President Karolos Papoulias (background, center) looks on. Mr. Samaras heads a three-party coalition committed to upholding the country's international bailout commitments. (Associated Press)

Hard work begins for latest Greek leader

By Nicholas Paphitis and Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

New Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras waves after being sworn in on Wednesday, June 20, 2012, in Athens. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Conservative sworn in as Greek prime minister

By Elena Becatoros and Nicholas Paphitis - Associated Press

Election officials empty a ballot box to count votes in a parliamentary election at a polling station in Athens on Sunday, June 17, 2012. Greeks voted for the second time in six weeks in what is arguably their country's most critical election in 40 years. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Pro-bailout conservatives win Greek election

By Demetris Nellas and Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

"This is a historic moment for the Left and the popular movement and a great responsibility for me," says Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greece's Radical Left Coalition party that won 16.8 percent of the vote in Sunday's national election. (Associated Press)

Anti-bailout leader says austerity pledge a no-go

By Derek Gatopoulos - Associated Press

Alexis Tsipras, the leader of Greece's Radical Left Coalition party (Syriza), speaks at party headquarters in Athens on Monday, May 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)

Anti-bailout party rejects Greek austerity pledge

By Derek Gatopoulos - Associated Press

Initial efforts for Greek coalition government fail

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**FILE** Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy (Associated Press)

Berlusconi promises to resign amid Italy debt woes

By Derek Gatopoulos and Victor Simpson - Associated Press

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou arrives for a Cabinet meeting at the parliament in Athens on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011. The country's leaders struggled for a second day to end an ongoing political crisis to ensure that Greece doesn't go bankrupt in the next few weeks and that it remains in the eurozone. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)

Greeks hold critical power-sharing meeting

By Demetris Nellas and Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

Greek premier struggles to end political deadlock

By Demetris Nellas and Derek Gatopoulos - Associated Press

Greek PM wins confidence vote, pledges transition

By Derek Gatapoulos and Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Recipe for Greece’s regrowth

The Washington Times