Papandreou je u petak visio na koncu, nakon što su neki od njegovih vlastitih parlamentaraca izjavili da bi mogli glasati protiv njega, nakon što je on najavio -- a onda i povukao -- planove za referendum o tome da li da se odobri drugi program spasa od 130 milijardi eura od trojke EU-MMF-ECB, kao i s njim povezane mjere štednje.
Papandreou was on the ropes Friday, after some of his own MPs said they might vote against him after he announced -- and then withdrew -- plans for a referendum on whether to approve a second bailout of 130 billion euros from the EU-IMF-ECB Troika and the austerity measures that come with it.