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Papandreou calls then abandons bailout referendum

On 31 October 2011 George Papandreou announced that Greeks would vote in a referendum on the country's second bailout, which unsettled markets and EU partners. The plan was withdrawn within days, and Papandreou then had to face a parliamentary confidence vote that he had called earlier.

George Papandreou (Wikimedia Commons portrait; person avatar reused as fact cover, land-pack1 pattern).

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On 31 October 2011 George Papandreou announced that Greeks would vote in a referendum on the country's second bailout, which unsettled markets and EU partners. The plan was withdrawn within days, and Papandreou then had to face a parliamentary confidence vote that he had called earlier.

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  • George Papandreou

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  1. 1.bbc.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: papandreou+referendum · verified
  2. 2.nationalpost.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: papandreou+referendum · verified

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Factrail. (2026). Papandreou calls then abandons bailout referendum. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/papandreou-referendum-call-2011-10-31

https://factrail.ai/facts/papandreou-referendum-call-2011-10-31

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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