Within a few days, Papandreou abandoned his referendum decision, resigned and was replaced on November 11th by technocrat Lucas Papademos, who headed an interim coalition government tasked with concluding the vital bailout agreement with the EU and the IMF.
U roku od nekoliko dana, Papandreou je odustao od svoje odluke o referendumu, podnio ostavku, a 11. studenog zamijenio ga je tehnokrat Lucas Papademos, koji vodi privremenu koalicijsku vladu zaduženu za zaključivanje vitalnog sporazuma sa EU i MMF-om o spasu gospodarstva.