France assembly overwhelmingly approves of Greek bailout

French lawmakers overwhelmingly approved the latest Greek bailout deal on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Manuel Valls warning that it was the only path out of the crisis.

The French National Assembly (the lower house) backed the agreement by 412 votes to 69. The Senate vote followed, 260 approving opposed to  23 against.

A combative Valls accused opponents of the agreement of attempting to throw Greece out of the eurozone.

“There can be no Grexit, nor temporary Grexit — an old, absurd and dangerous idea,” he said.

“I hear talk about humiliation. But humiliation would have been for (Greece) to be driven out of the single currency; some perhaps wanted that , while the overwhelming majority of Greeks wanted to keep it.”