November 9, 2011
Greece’s political crisis deepened on Wednesday after Antonis Samaras, the conservative opposition leader, stormed out of a meeting with Carolos Papoulias, the president, amid disagreement over the appointment of a coalition premier.
Mr Samaras left after a deal to give the premiership to the speaker of parliament fell through at the last moment. Several other possible candidates were mentioned by George Papandreou, the departing Socialist prime minister, after the talks had started, according to a person with knowledge of the discussions.
The presidency said another meeting would be held at 10am on Thursday.
Mr Papandreou had delivered a statement announcing his socialist government’s resignation to make way for a new coalition government but did not name a successor.
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