Now has said it loud and clear, the Greek Finance Minister Yannis Varoufakis: When asked whether he would continue to be Finance Minister in case of defeat at the forthcoming referendum on Sunday, he replied: “I will no longer be.”
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A defeat for Varoufakis, that would mean that the Greeks majority vote in the referendum “yes”, ie for the proposals of the international creditors. In the vote it is a matter, such as Greece should be kept in Euro, Varoufakis said on Thursday the news channel Bloomberg TV. At the same time, the Minister stressed his country would necessarily a member of the monetary union remain.
The Greek government is currently promoting strongly for a ‘no’ to the creditor proposals. Last called Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras on Wednesday his countrymen again to to reject the requirements of the lender in the referendum. He too has already indicated, not wanting to remain in office in the event of a yes-vote “for all time”. This was confirmed Varoufakis again on Thursday in an interview with an Australian television station. In it he said that it was possible that the entire government resign in the event of a favorable vote.
close race, according to survey
According to a survey distinguishes itself in deciding a
close race from. 47.1 percent of respondents would therefore vote for “yes” and thus for an agreement to the reform measures recently proposed by the international creditors of the country. 43.2
percent would be against it, revealed the survey on behalf of the
conservative newspaper “Eleftheros Typos”. For 1,000 people of all ages have been addressed in various parts of the country.
Varoufakis does not go according to their own words, but by a “Yes”. Should it happen, the Greek Government will find a way to agree with creditors on an agreement. He would however agree to any agreement that does not bring a debt restructuring with himself, stressed Varoufakis. “I’d rather cut off my arm.”
He sent so again conflicting signals to the address of the funders. Because if after he has linked his political fate to the outcome of the referendum, it is -Votums anyway no longer to decide on a possible agreement with creditors in the event of a “Yes” in the position.
The euro countries set after negotiations with the government stop in Athens on the outcome of the referendum on Sunday. Euro group chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem said, meanwhile, there go to the vote is whether the Greeks are prepared to accept painful savings. A “No” will not strengthen the negotiating position of the country and will both Greece and Europe to bring in a “very difficult” situation, the chairman of euro zone finance ministers on Thursday. A vast majority of Greeks wanted to preserve the euro. The situation in the country is deteriorating day by day at present in a dramatic way.
France’s Finance Minister Michel Sapin said on Thursday, when the population the reform concept of Europeans with a “Yes” support, the negotiation of reforms and aid payments could be included as soon as possible again. A majority vote ‘no’ and therefore follow the Greek Government, threatening a withdrawal of the country from the euro.
Greek president says trip to Berlin from
Greece Prokopis Pavlopoulos President Meanwhile, a planned for next Tuesday visit President Joachim Gauck in Berlin from. This was confirmed by the Federal President. About the exact reasons was initially nothing about it.
has been speculated that Pavlopoulos in light of the
Does not want to leave
looming state bankruptcy of his country and the scheduled Sunday referendum on the austerity program of the European creditors Greece. Pavlopoulos, who had been elected in February, had in mid-June was confident that his country will remain in the euro zone.
Greece has been preserved since 2010 with international aid pledges of 240 billion euros from bankruptcy. The previous program of assistance for Athens had expired on 30 June, outstanding billions in aid have thus lapsed. The overdue on Tuesday evening rate of 1.54 billion euros to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) beglich not the government. Even an old loan with the Central Bank’s more than 470 million euros paid the government in Athens is not refunded in good time.
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