German Newspaper's Election Endorsement Sparks Greek Uproar
<div class='node-body'><p>Greek parties have reacted furiously to a front-page editorial by a leading German newspaper urging Greeks to vote for the pro-bailout conservative New Democracy Party in Sunday's elections.</p>
<p>The anti-bailout SYRIZA party condemned the German <em>Financial Times</em>' <strong><a href="http://www.ftd.de/politik/europa/:wahlempfehlung-antistatheite-sto-dimagogo-widersteht-den-demagogen/70050480.html#f1">editorial</a></strong> as “a crude and unprecedented intervention, which offends national dignity and tries to undermine democracy.”</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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