The European Union and the International Monetary Fund have put strong pressure on Greece Thursday, three days before the referendum on the plan of the creditors of Athens, the IMF publishing appalling figures on public finances of this country.
The IMF released a report unexpected, reducing from 2.5% to 0% its forecast for growth this year of Greek and even regardless of the power capital controls in Greece since Monday.
He attributed the situation to political changes “earlier this year” in this country, in an allusion to the coming to power of the radical left party Syriza end of January.
To add to the confusion, the IMF predicted that Greece would need a new European aid of € 36 billion within three years, even if it accepted the plan Sunday Creditors submitted to a referendum, and a strong restructuring of its debt, including the EU would then support the load.
The spokesman of the Greek Government, Gabriel Sakellaridis, wanted to consider the glass half full, noting that “the IMF report gives full due to the Greek government” about the debt.
He considered this report as a “failure” of assistance plans for Greece in force since 2010, and that ended Tuesday in the disaster by the non-payment of a sum of EUR 1.55 billion due to the IMF.
The blitz for this referendum, announced the week -end last, has really started on Thursday, with this pressure the government
The question posed to the Greeks Sunday is simple in appearance. Are you agree with the proposal of the creditors made as of June 25?
For the government, which has no intention of leaving the euro area, non serve mainly be “better equipped” to continue negotiations with creditors.
But they argue that not amount to a choice against the euro, enough to impress the Greeks already very worried about the situation.
Even French President François Hollande, the most comprehensive however, believed that if the non prevailed, it would come “in a form of unknown.”
“The situation is deteriorating due to the behavior of the Greek government,” insisted the president of the Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem.
Faced with this pressure, Mr. Tsipras could only promise that his country would remain “united” at the end of voting, after which he hopes not.
– The “no” down –
Prime Minister, however, refused to say Thursday what would happen to his government if the Yes vote in crucial referendum . Sunday while he campaigned for the non
Asked by ANT1 TV station about what would happen in the event of a yes vote, he laconically replied: “the choice of the Greek people will respected, I will initiate the procedure provided for in the Constitution “and” I will consult the party “Syriza, which he is the leader.
Yanis Varoufakis, the Minister of Finance, for his part clearly Bloomberg announced on TV that he would no longer be in office in the event of a yes vote.
The European Parliament President Martin Schulz meanwhile said he expected the appointment of a” government of technocrats “in Greece in case of yes vote and resignation of the government.
New elections will be necessary “if the Greek people vote for the reform agenda and therefore in favor of keeping the euro zone and if Tsipras, logically resigns, “Schulz said in an interview with the Handelsblatt business daily. In this hypothesis, the continuity in the period leading to the elections should be ensured by “a government of technocrats, so that we can continue to negotiate,” he he said.
The Greek Minister of Affairs Foreign Nikos Kotzias, for his part, tried to lighten the mood by launching, after a meeting with his Belgian counterpart Didier Reynders: “Monday we get married, we will live happy and have a lot of discussions.”
In this context, Damavolitis Constantin, one of the thirteen members of the right-wing sovereignist ANEL, a member of the coalition government led by Syriza, was expelled from his caucus for speaking out in favor of yes .
The non advocated by the government, that is to say, rejected proposals to creditors, who led in recent days, with a margin of more low (57% / 30% then 46% / 37% since Sunday) have now given way to yes, according to a survey that led to leaks in the Greek media.
The Greeks seemed to tire in any case control capital, forcing them to limit their bank withdrawals to 60 euros a day. An early shortage of 20 euro note was found, and a slowdown in trade.
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