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Did Athens lie to Europe?

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FRENCH PAPERS, Mon. 25/06/12: Mohamed Morsi’s win is a symbolic victory for Egypt and the Arab world as a whole according to Libération. Le Figaro wonders whether Greece has been lying to its European partners. Athens is accused of hiring 70 000 civil servants last year, a move that would violate the terms of the troika bailout accords.

IN THE PAPERS
By Florence VILLEMINOT

 

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