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 Papandreu je odustao od svoje odluke o referendumu, podneo ostavku, a 11. novembra ga je zamenio tehnokrata Lukas Papademos, koji vodi privremenu koalicionu vladu zaduženu za zaključivanje vitalnog sporazuma o spašavanju ekonomije sa EU i MMF.