Greek lawmakers begin confidence vote debate

The vote was called after he suddenly proposed a referendum on the EU bailout deal for the country.The vote could topple his Socialist party government, which only has a two-seat majority in the 300-member Parliament.The debate is scheduled to last for three days, with a vote sometime Friday.Several prominent Socialists also are calling for early elections, angry at how austerity measures are being imposed by their own government during the countrys financial crisis.Meanwhile, Papandreou was traveling to Cannes, France, on Wednesday to explain himself to European leaders angry over his surprise referendum on a bailout deal that took them months to work out.