Greeceisheadingtonewelectionsafterpoliticalpartyleadersfailedtoreachanagreementtoformacoalition,promisingtoleavethecountryinaweekslongpoliticallimbothatcouldthreatenitsfutureintheeurozone.Greece'spartyleadersfailedTuesdaytoreachaconsensusonformingagovernment,theysaid.TheleadersweresettomeetagainWednesdaytoappointacaretakergovernmentthatwillleadthecountrytoelections,PresidentKarolosPapouliassaidinastatement.NewelectionsaremostlikelytotakeplaceJune17.Mr.PapouliashadpositionedTuesday'smeetingswiththeheadsofGreece'sfourlargestpoliticalparties--conservativesNewDemocracy,socialistsPasok,leftistsSyrizaandnationalistsIndependentGreeks--aswellasthesmallerDemocraticLeftparty,asalast-ditchefforttoformatechnocraticgovernmentthatcouldensurethecash-strappedcountrywouldn'tbecutofffromtheinternationalaiditneedstostayafloat.(ThisstoryandrelatedbackgroundmaterialwillbeavailableonTheWallStreetJournalwebsite,WSJ.com.)ThelackofsuchagovernmentcouldrenderAthensunabletocollecttheadditionalinternationalaiditneedstomeetitsobligationsuntilfreshelectionsareheldandanewgovernmentisformed.Greece'sMay6electionsleftthecountry'sfracturedpartiesatoddsoverwhethertocontinuetopursuethepainfulausterityagendademandedbyitsEuropeanpartnersinexchangefortheEUR130billion($166billion)bailoutthatwasagreedinMarchandisdesignedtokeepthecountryafloatandinsidetheeurozone.ThevoteleftmainstreampartieswithoutamajorityandgavealargeportionofParliamenttopartieswhosayGreeceshouldn'tcontinuewiththepainfulandunpopularbudgetcuts.'Thecountryisheadingtofreshpollsafterjustafewdaysinverybadconditions,justbecausesomehavesetoutrighttheirowninstantpartisaninterestabovethenationalinterest,'PasokleaderEvangelosVenizelossaidafterthecross-partymeetingended.ConservativeNewDemocracypartyleaderAntonisSamarassaidthecountry'sfutureisunderthreatfollowingthecollapseofthetalks.Minuteslater,AlexisTsipras,theleaderofSyriza,whichcampaignedonananti-austerityplatformandfirmlyresistedbackingacoalitiongovernmentwiththetwomainstreamparties,saidhewon'tbe