Greece: Final Pleas to Voters Ahead of Election

June 15, 2012 from Al Jazeera English

Greek voters go to the polls for the second round of a general election on Sunday. The country is voting for a new government, and the choices appear stark. A vote for left-leaning Syriza party -- led by Alexis Tsipras -- would cancel the international bailout deal, a move that could force Greece to leave the euro. But a vote for the conservative, pro-euro party New Democracy -- led by Antonis Samaras -- would likely keep Greece in the single currency but at the cost of massive, painful austerity measures. Al Jazeera's Tim Friend reports from Athens.

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