By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 9:05 AM on 28th February 2012 Backing: Angela Merkel addresses the Bundestag today before politicians backed the Greek bailout package The German parliament today approved the £108billion Greek bailout package despite fierce public opposition. Chancellor Angela Merkel said it would be irresponsible to abandon the country to bankruptcy. The Bundestag voted 496 to 90 in favour of the new package - despite 80 per cent of Germans being opposed to the rescue. Five members abstained. The result of the vote was never in doubt as two opposition parties backed the measures. The bailout is Greece's second in less than two years and Angela Merkel told lawmakers before the vote that 'no one can give a 100 per cent guarantee' that the programme would be a success.
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Bundestag vote 496 to 90 in favour of bailout
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