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People gather outside Greece\'s Parliament in central Athens in support of an opposition motion of no confidence against the government, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. Parliament is to vote on the motion after midnight Sunday and the government is expected to hold on to its narrow majority. Banner reads "Greece owes nothing. Everybody else owes it everything". (AP Photo)

Greek government survives opposition’s no confidence motion; 1 coalition lawmaker defects

ATHENS, Greece – Greece’s conservative-socialist coalition government has survived a no-confidence motion tabled by the main opposition Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) party.

The motion fell well short of the 151 votes needed to pass, with 124 lawmakers voting in favour and 153 against in a vote early Monday.

One socialist lawmaker voted in favour of the motion and was promptly expelled from her party’s parliamentary group.

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