Nov. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Austrian Finance Minister Maria Fekter said Greece’s referendum “wasn’t adequately thought through” and that the idea only resulted in raising pressure on the embattled nation’s government.

Fekter spoke on the sidelines of a conference in Vienna where she is delivering a speech.

--Editors: Zoe Schneeweiss, Boris Groendahl

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