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EU future ‘rests on reaction to Greece’
Labour movement figures say bloc must respect result

THE FUTURE of the European Union rests on whether its leaders respect the Greek people’s rejection of further austerity, labour movement figures said last night. 

British activists celebrated the result of Sunday’s referendum on the troika’s punitive bailout proposals with a rally at the TUC’s Congress House in London. 

An overwhelming 61 per cent of voters heeded the Syriza government’s call to vote No to a VAT rise and pension cuts. 

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