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Karolos Papoulias, fresh from surrendering his salary as a sign of solidarity, took particular aim at Germany's Wolfgang Schäuble for his recent comments that Greece must 'surrender some of its sovereignty'.

Eurozone crisis live: Greek president attacks Germany as bailout deadline moves to Monday 2012

Karolos Papoulias's decision came as he met with finance minister Evangelos Venizelos in Athens this lunchtime.

Eurozone crisis live: Greek president attacks Germany as bailout deadline moves to Monday 2012

• The Troika has presented its final report on Greek debt stability• Juncker is "confident" that the eurogroup will take the necessary decisions on Greece when it meets next Monday.7.28pm: Bloomberg is reporting that Euro area finance ministers will issue a statement soon, following their telephone conference call.6.59pm: Here's another picture of Karolos Papoulias, Greece's president, as he delivered his attack on German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble see 6.35pm

Eurozone crisis live: Greek president attacks Germany as bailout deadline moves to Monday 2012

Karolos Papoulias , 82 The Greek president has brought together the leaders of the ruling Socialist Pasok Party and the center-right New Democracy opposition for coalition talks.

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Ahead of winning a crucial vote of confidence in parliament by 153-145, Papandreou, who has steered the country through its worst crisis in recent history said he would visit the Greek president, Karolos Papoulias, who is head of state, to ask him to form a coalition government.

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Evangelos Venizelos, the finance minister, was in particularly bullish mood when he emerged from talks with the country's head of state president Karolos Papoulias.

Eurozone crisis live: Greek president attacks Germany as bailout deadline moves to Monday 2012

A statement issued after crunch talks between embattled prime minister George Papandreou, opposition leader Antonis Samaras and head of state Karolos Papoulias confirmed that the socialist premier had agreed to resign midway through his four-year term in office and would not be at the helm of the government.

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"The situation is exceptionally difficult, because there is great uncertainty in Europe, great uncertainty internationally," Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos said at a meeting with the country's president, Karolos Papoulias.

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At noon local time 10am GMT, Papandreou was scheduled to head off to see Karolos Papoulias, the Greek president and a fellow socialist, about his plans to, presumably, step down and hand over the task of forging the new government to Venizelos, the current finance minister.

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Ahead of the meeting with the president, Karolos Papoulias, who was supposed to submit his resignation, Mr. Papandreou said the country's new government would signal the "beginning of a new political mentality, a new political culture."

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