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Opposition leaders rejected on Tuesday... Email Print Related News EU options for averting Greek default narrow Tue, May 24 2011 Timeline: Greece seeks new tranche of $155 billion loan Tue, May 24 2011 UPDATE 1-Greek PM fails to win political consensus Tue, May 24 2011 Greece steps up sell-offs, lenders add pressure Mon, May 23 2011 UPDATE 6-Greece steps up sell-offs, lenders add pressure Mon, May 23 2011 Analysis & Opinion Lorenzo Bini Smaghi vs Greece The fraught politics facing Lagarde Related Topics World » Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou arrives to address a cabinet meeting inside the parliament in Athens May 23, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Yiorgos Karahalis ATHENS | Wed May 25, 2011 3:33am EDT ATHENS (Reuters) - The Greek government is considering organizing a referendum on additional austerity measures after it failed to reach consensus with the opposition, local newspapers reported on Wednesday. Opposition leaders rejected on Tuesday belt-tightening measures aimed at averting default as lenders piled pressure on Athens for action and for reaching a broad political consensus before considering any extra help. "According to sources, (Prime Minister) George Papandreou, seeing that a consensus with the head of the main opposition party is not possible along with the very strong objections to new tough measures within (ruling socialist party) PASOK, decided to put on the table the possibility of a referendum," conservative daily Kathimerini said. Government officials declined to comment on the reports, which were front page news in most Greek newspapers. Papandreou is meeting President Karolos Papoulias at 3 a.m. EDT. His office did not say what the meeting would be about. Papandreou often makes comments before or after such meetings. Center left newspaper Ta Nea said the government was considering to organize a referendum on extra austerity if its EU and IMF lenders agreed to lend it more money to plug funding shortfalls for next year. "According to sources, the government is mainly considering the possibility of a referendum to approve a new memorandum, provided that the new 60-billion-euros funding is agreed with the (EU/IMF/ECB) troika, in order to deal with the expected lack of access to markets in 2012," Ta Nea wrote. Paymasters at the European Union have said broad political consensus is necessary for more aid, given the need to plug a funding gap next year. "The big changes for the country are a national necessity. This is the main reason I am seeking the broadest possible political consensus," Papandreou told Greek businesses on Tuesday after the main conservative opposition said it would not back his policies. The conservative New Democracy party, which last year voted against the EU/IMF bailout deal, claims austerity is choking the economy and impeding it from growing out of its debt mess. (Reporting by Tatiana Fragou and Angeliki Koutantou; Writing by Ingrid Melander) World Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above. 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