Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras gestures during a parliamentary session in Athens, Greece June 28, 2015. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
ATHENS (Reuters) - A referendum on bailout terms that has morphed into a plebiscite on Greece's future in Europe has created the first real splits in Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' ruling coalition.
Four members of the right-wing Independent Greeks, uneasy bedfellows whose 13 votes Tsipras' left-wing Syriza party needs for a majority, defied him in the space of 24 hours by urging Greeks to accept more austerity in return for cash.
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