Greece's Prime Minister has urged defiant union leaders to accept further income losses, warning that vital international rescue loans could otherwise dry up and force the debt-crippled country into a disorderly default in March.
Lucas Papademos said on Wednesday that decisions made over the next few weeks before a mid-January visit by international debt inspectors, known as the troika, will determine whether the country holds onto the euro or reverts to its pre-2002 currency, the drachma.
Greek PM asks unions to accept more cuts - Europe - Al Jazeera English