Greek confidence debate to start, troika visit in doubt

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Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - Greece's new coalition government will reveal its main policies on Monday at the start of a confidence debate that will shed light on whether the country's two main rival parties can cooperate on reforms and save Greece from default.

Inspectors for Greece's international lenders, known as the troika, were due to meet the new administration of Prime Minister Lucas Papademos following Wednesday's confidence ballot but uncertainty surfaced over whether they would indeed come.

A majority of Greeks have hailed Papademos's appointment, but tens of thousands of people angry at more than a year of austerity measures are expected to rally on Thursday, the anniversary of a 1973 student uprising that helped bring down a 1967-1974 military junta.

That could complicate discussions between the "troika" and the new cabinet, as the demonstration is expected to shut down central Athens and could be the biggest rally in months of protests that have at times erupted into violence.

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