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".......But with on-going political uncertainty in Greece, where a messy election result has left the parties unable to form a government, there is increasing speculation that the debt-laden country will leave the eurozone. Economists at Citigroup have pushed the chances of a Greek exit up from 50% to 75%. Gulliver's verdict was that the eurozone as a whole would survive.
"I don't think the eurozone will break up – but it's impossible to say whether or not Greece will stay in," he said........."
