Greeks seal interim government deal as Papandreou steps aside

Greece’s embattled prime minister and the head of the main opposition party reached an initial agreement tonight to form an interim government that will ensure the country’s new European debt deal and then lead Greece to early elections, the president’s office said.

The announcement came after President Karolos Papoulias chaired crisis talks between Prime Minister George Papandreou and opposition leader Antonis Samaras, capping a week of drama sparked by Mr Papandreou’s announcement he was taking the debt deal to a referendum.