German lower house approves Greek rescue
BERLIN â German lawmakers on Friday approved the country's share of the rescue package for debt-laden Greece after a boisterous debate in which the finance minister told them they had no alternative to the unpopular measure.
The lower house of parliament voted 390-72, with 139 abstentions, to authorize granting as much as euro22.4 billion ($28.6 billion) in credit over three years. That is part of a wider euro110 billion package backed by eurozone members and the International Monetary Fund
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100507/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_germany_greece_financial_crisis
390 to 72. 84.4% voted for it. Yeah, I know it's just the lower house, the point is the huge margin. I don't know German politics at all, but you couldn't get 85% of the US Congress to agree on anything that was even remotely controversial. Not even close. So this sounds like a done deal to me.
Another coat of lipstick, some new fishnet stockings - hey this pig is pretty again. Wow.
