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Business Standard New Delhi
A storm broke out on social media as Europe began negotiating with Greece with a new bailout package. #ThisIsACoup became the No 2 trending hashtag on Twitter worldwide as euro zone leaders deliberated through Sunday night to convince Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to accept the deal or face bankruptcy and expulsion from the EU's common currency area. Among the pictures tweeted with angry comments on the German-inspired proposals to reform Greece's public administration was one that showed Germany's finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble, with a swastika and the blue European flag with its circle of gold stars rearranged in the form of the Nazi symbol.
 

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First Published: Jul 13 2015 | 9:06 PM IST

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