Cyprus Bail-Out Vote Stirs Fresh Jitters as Slump Fears Grow in Europe!

• Cyprus bail-out vote stirs fresh jitters as slump fears grow in Europe! 
  by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ 
  Cyprus has stunned EU officials by ordering a vote in its parliament on the terms of the EU-IMF Troika bailout for the country, risking a rejection by angry lawmakers and a fresh eruption of the crisis.
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  Attorney general Petros Clerides said the assembly must have a say on the accord, which will inflict huge losses on depositors at Laika and Bank of Cyprus. The Orthodox Church of Cyprus expects to lose €100m, crippling its charities.
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  It is unclear whether the government can muster a majority as popular fury erupts. The Communists and Socialists have been vehement critics of the deal.
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  Green MP George Perdikis told the Cyprus Mail that he would vote against it to uphold the “freedom” of his country. “It is a crime to deliver Cyprus into the hands of the troika and allow it to become a colony.”
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  The Cypriot parliament threw out the original plan for a levy on guaranteed deposits below €100,000. A rejection of the final deal might exhaust patience in Berlin and Frankfurt. The country would be forced out of the euro within days if the European Central Bank cuts off support.
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  The pan-EU Socialist bloc in the European Parliament said the “neo-colonial” handling of Cyprus had been disgrace and called for the Troika to be disbanded, while the Liberal bloc demanded for a probe to find out who was responsible the “disastrous” decision to target small savers.
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