Greece: Tsipras wants a non massive in order to influence more … – The World

A few hours after an event that brought together more than 17,000 people in Greece to support the policy of his government, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held on Monday 29 June, that the planned referendum Sunday – on the acceptance or not of the austerity measures imposed by creditors of Greece which he called to vote no – is the best way of “ lead to further negotiations” . With a clear majority rejecting the latest proposal of creditors, Mr. Tsipras believes it will be “better equipped” to negotiate with them.

“Our choice is to remain in the euro (…) the message is that the Greek government will continue to be at the table next to the referendum negotiations “

He accused those who see in this consultation, whether or not the Greeks approve the proposals of their creditors, a way out of the eurozone, speaking “intimidation” and adding that if the Greeks were in favor of the further austerity, he might leave his post.

“If the Greeks want to continue with the austerity plans in perpetuity, which prevent us from looking up … we will respect their choice, but we will not apply “.

Mr. Tsipras was again convinced that “institutions” do not want the output of Greece from the euro zone because of the “substantial cost” what would such an initiative.

“I do not think their intention is to push Greece out of the euro but to end the hopes that there could be a different policy in Europe” .

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He added that if creditors made a new proposal acceptable to his government on Monday, Athens repay as scheduled maturity of 1.6 billion euros owed to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday at midnight. But this prospect seems even more distant he then launched: “How to pay the IMF while banks have been completed asphyxiation? “

While the main actors of this crisis are spoken by interposed media, European stock markets fall, and Greece the closure of banks and the introduction of capital controls decreed by the government will have a direct impact on the daily life of the Greeks and the economy in general.