It was passed with 229 votes in favour in the 300-seat chamber. There were 64 votes against it and six abstentions. Votes against includd including former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and the current Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis, Deputy Labour Minister Dimitris Stratoulis and speaker of parliament Zoe Constantopoulou. Earlier, clashes broke out at an anti-austerity protest outside parliament in Athens.
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