Tsipras wants to withdraw at referendum defeat – Reuters Germany

       

– by Michele Kambas and Lefteris Papadimas and Renee Maltezou

       

Athens (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras raised before the referendum on the controversial austerity and reform requirements of lenders use

       

In a TV interview on Monday night, he linked his political future to the outcome of the referendum. The left-wing government in Athens, which has clearly turned against the claims of creditors will, although respecting a “yes” voters. “But we will not be the ones who carry them out,” said Tsipras. “If the Greek people want a humiliated prime minister, there are a few out there. But I will not be there.”

       

In order for the debt drama about Greece could face the next turnaround. Specifically, the population is on Sunday to decide whether to accept the demands of the donors or not. Opinion polls are not currently available. Tsipras was elected for his promise to end the austerity plan and is therefore in many voters, despite the threat of sovereign default is still popular. Tens of thousands demonstrated on Monday for his government. He gets in the referendum not the majority, there should be new elections.

       

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said that a “no” would indicate that Greece would leave the euro, which should be avoided. “I’m going to the Greeks, who I love very much, saying:. You have to commit suicide not just because their fear of death have”

        
       

LAST MINUTE RESCUE?

       

Sources at the EU and the Greek Government was reported, Juncker did Tsipras made a last-minute bid to avert the state bankruptcy. Tsipras was to accept the latest proposals of donors in writing and be used for a “yes” before the referendum. The letter must also be received, so that the finance ministers of the euro zone could still hold a special meeting. On Tuesday evening, the current aid program expires. Without additional funds Greece can not meet its payment obligations.

       

Tsipras had the proposals and schedule of creditors, however, on several occasions as “blackmail” rejected and snubbed the financiers with the referendum. A representative of the Greek government told Reuters, the Juncker-thrust had been taken with interest. Tsipras will on Sunday but vote “No”. The government had previously stated, the more such a ‘no’ failures, the better will its position in subsequent negotiations. He argues obligations such as pension cuts would be antisocial and would anyway bad economy intensify. By contrast, the creditors call structural, to make the country more competitive in the long term. Continued …