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European finance ministers today gathered in belgium to resume talks on a possible bailout deal for greece. greek legislators have pushed through an austerity plan but a leading eu official says greece still needs to do more before the rest of europe can offer up funds to save the greek economy. the running of the bulls passed without incident today. yesterday four people were gored. the daily bull runs continue until july 14th. for a presidential campaign that was supposed to be a lock for the two legacy candidates it is the fringe contenders who are getting the most attention and the mos...
Because although the greeks have asked for it, the europeans still have to decide whether they are going to ground it. >> we want to bring in john, an international relation specialist. >> john, good morning to you. you remember just a couple of days ago, the prime minister there lobbied hard for a no vote on this bailout and meant to vote against the tax hikes and spending cuts and the pensions and the like that are now likely part of this austerity plan that he was pushing and that the parliament voted for. i wonder if a waste of energy and time in going through that vote if the greek people...
Cnn's isa soares is in athens. isa, this sounds like something the greeks were against a week ago. >> reporter: it does look like austerity plan. it is an austerity plan. it is the same plan that the greek prime minister tsipras put to his people. 61% of the people say no. you were quite right. more austerity measures here. a lot of greeks see it this morning will be spitting feathers if i can be honest with you. there are more spending cuts. 13 billion euro of spending cuts. tax increases right across the board from electricity to really restaurants and also food and hotels raising tax there....
George osborne was the master of that austerity plan. he is the chancellor of the exchequer. he joined me here in new york. thank you, george osborne, for joining us. let me ask you to begin with you've been touting britain's growth. you've written an op-ed in the wall street journal. of course there are a lot of people who say britain's recovery has been very weak. the weakest in g-7 other than italy and there is a specific charge made, which is that it was your austerity program, especially the spending cuts, that is responsible for this weak recovery. let me read to you something larry summ...