* Varoufakis resign in case of victory of “yes” * Sapin judge an agreement impossible before the referendum * Greek banks will reopen as soon as an agreement will be reached * “The future of the Greece in the hands of the Greek people “-Dijsselbloem Lefteris Karagiannopoulos and Toby Sterling ATHENS / THE HAGUE, July 2 (Reuters) – The confrontation between Athens and its eurozone partners continued Thursday in the approach of Sunday’s referendum for which the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras reiterated his call to vote “no” to the proposals of creditors of Greece, making his country, according to him, the subject of “blackmail”. France and President of the Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem felt Thursday a deal to save Greece from bankruptcy was possible if the voters were in favor of the “yes” Sunday. For Jeroen Dijsselbloem, a victory for the “no” would put Greece but also Europe “in a very difficult position.” “The future of Greece is in the hands of the Greek people,” he told reporters in the Dutch Parliament. “If the outcome is positive, there will obviously be the European side, a willingness to help Greece to get out,” he he said. “If the result is negative, the future will be considerably more complicated.” For its part, the Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, tied his own future after the referendum, ensuring that he would resign if the “yes” prevailed. He was also convinced that Athens could negotiate better terms, including a debt relief, if voters reject the terms currently proposed by the Europeans. Asked by Bloomberg television whether he would still be at the head of his ministry on Monday evening if the Greeks majority voted “yes”, he replied in the negative. “I will not be there (…) I do not be the one who will sign another seeming agreement on the model of precedent. ” FINANCIAL MARKETS MORE NERVOUS “I’d rather break a leg” to accept an agreement that does not include a restructuring of Greek debt, he added. The only survey duly published since the announcement of the weekend referendum gives the “no” in mind but shows that the camp “yes” increased significantly after the announcement of the closure of banks for week. Another survey, published by the site of Greek euro2day information, gives the “yes” leads with 47% against 43% for the “no”, but the GPO institute, which has realized, stressed this was only a partial snapshot, one day, and that the opinion was still very versatile in the field. The view of the closed banks and the long lines of pensioners waiting in line to get cash deeply shocked many Greeks and recalled the price that could be payable in case of exit from the eurozone. Financial markets, which have been relatively unaffected by the negotiations between Brussels and Greece were more nervous Thursday, and borrowing costs of Spain and Italy reached their highest levels for several months. For the president of the Eurogroup, it is clear that Greece may “not have no place in the euro area” if “no” vote in the referendum. “We must dispel an illusion: that if the outcome is negative, everything can be renegotiated and that you (the Greeks) will get more attractive terms,” said Dijsselbloem, also Dutch Finance Minister. CONTRACTION OF 20% IN FOUR YEARS? Michel Sapin, French Finance Minister has not ruled Thursday morning to conclude an agreement with Athens before the referendum, breaking the line defended by Paris until the day before the Greek crisis in the folder. “Until yesterday, France has acted because we believed that it was possible to make an agreement yesterday to intervene,” he said on iTELE. Seeking to reassure Greek voters, Nikos Pappas, Minister of State and one of the closest advisers of Alexis Tsipras, has denied that the Greek government would impose a levy on bank deposits. The banks, he said to the other, will re-open as soon as an agreement has been reached between Athens and its international creditors. For the rating agency Standard and Poor’s, the Greek economy will contract in the order of 20% in the next four years if the country leaves the eurozone. The Greek GDP has fallen by 25% since 2009, and more than a Greek in four is unemployed. The rating agency Moody’s lowered Wednesday a notch sovereign rating of Greece to “Caa3″ to “Caa2″. Another agency, Fitch had revised down the rating of Greece dice Tuesday by passing from “CCC” to “CC”, two notches in the rating “SD” or “selective default”. Greece can no longer rely on aid linked to the second financial bailout, lapsed on Tuesday night. Similarly, with the default on payment established by the IMF, Athens no longer has access to funding of this organization until it has settled its arrears, which amounted to 1.6 billion euros. STORY LINK at the heart of negotiations in recent days: ID: nL8N0ZI03E For CHRONOLOGY negotiations between Syriza and its creditors: ID: nL5N0ZE01G UPDATE on the Greek crisis: ID: nL5N0ZF04N (with Yvonne Bell, George Georgiopoulos and Renee Maltezou; Eric Faye for the French service)
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