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		</div><p>Greek politicians are debating an austerity bill ahead of a vote that will condemn the country to years of more budget savings, but is needed to get a desperately needed new bailout.</p>
<p>The raft of consumer tax increases and pension reforms has led to growing anger among Greece&#8217;s governing left-wing Syriza party, while the country&#8217;s civil servants&#8217; union voiced its objections with a 24-hour public sector strike.</p>
<p>The vote will almost certainly see large numbers of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras&#8217; own Syriza lawmakers dissent and vote against the package, raising questions of his government&#8217;s survival in its current form.</p>
<p>The Bill is expected to pass with votes in favour by pro-European opposition parties.</p>
<p>The government, a coalition between Syriza and the small right-wing Independent Greeks, holds 162 seats in Greece&#8217;s 300-member parliament. More than 30 of Syriza&#8217;s own politicians have publicly voiced objections.</p>
<p>Mr Tsipras has acknowledged the measures he agreed to after a marathon summit with eurozone leaders on Monday go against his election pledges to make life easier for Greeks, and described them in a Tuesday night television interview as &#8220;irrational&#8221;.</p>
<p>But he said he had no option if he was to prevent Greece&#8217;s financial collapse.</p>
<p>Talks on a bailout package worth €85bn over three years will start only if Greece&#8217;s government takes certain steps, including pushing through today&#8217;s bill.</p>
<p>The International Monetary Fund, which was involved Greece&#8217;s previous two bailouts and will also play a role in the third, has long advocated the country&#8217;s debt is too high and that any deal must include debt relief &#8211; something the Greek side has also insisted on.</p>
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<p>In a report released late on Tuesday, the IMF said Greece&#8217;s debt was now &#8220;highly unsustainable&#8221; and would reach &#8220;close to 200% of GDP in the next two years&#8221;.</p>
<p>Mr Tsipras has faced strident dissent even from some of his top ministers, with Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis saying in a post on his ministry&#8217;s website that the deal the prime minister reached was &#8220;unacceptable&#8221; and calling on him to withdraw it.</p>
<p>The Bill was being passed through Parliament with emergency procedures and was being debated at committee level this morning before it heads to the full assembly in the evening.</p>
<p>The civil servants strike disrupted public transport and shut down state-run services across the country.</p>
<p>Pharmacies joined in with their own 24-hour strike to object to the austerity deal which will allow some non-prescription drugs to be sold by supermarkets.</p>
<p>Demonstrations were planned for this evening outside Parliament during the assembly debate.</p>
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