Angela Merkel faces tough vote as German MPs set to rebel over Greece

Rancorous Bundestag debate expected as dissenting members of chancellor's centre-right coalition and leftwingers threaten to derail bailout for Athens

About 50 German MPs from Angela Merkel's ruling alliance are expected to revolt against the government and vote no to a third Greek bailout in the Bundestag on Friday.

In what is expected to be a heated and emotional debate - the sixth time in five years that the German parliament has taken a decision directly relating to the Greek crisis - the rebels say they will vote "nein" out of anger at the chancellor's decision to offer another bailout, having signalled at one point that she was willing to push for it to leave the eurozone.

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