Tsipras keeping options open ahead of Greece bailout vote
- 9 years ago
As Greece heads to a referendum this Sunday (July 5) on the country’s bailout terms opinion polls contradict each other.
One gives the “yes” campaign a four-point lead.
Another gave the “no” camp a nine-point lead.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s government is expected to fall if voters vote “yes” to the bailout plan.
He rejects what he calls the “blackmail” of EU and IMF lenders demanding spending cuts and tax hikes, and says Greece has other options.
“Our geopolitical orientation is indisputable,” Tsipras said. “However, there are other possibilities we can explore through our multidimensional foreign policy so our current geopolitical dynamics can be enhanced.”
Both Tsipras and his finance minister Yanis Varoufakis are convinced that if Greek voters reject the offer, Athens could negotiate better terms, including debt relief.
Varoufakis has tied his fate to Sunday’s outcome: he said he would resign if the government’s call for a “no” to the bailout terms were ig
One gives the “yes” campaign a four-point lead.
Another gave the “no” camp a nine-point lead.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s government is expected to fall if voters vote “yes” to the bailout plan.
He rejects what he calls the “blackmail” of EU and IMF lenders demanding spending cuts and tax hikes, and says Greece has other options.
“Our geopolitical orientation is indisputable,” Tsipras said. “However, there are other possibilities we can explore through our multidimensional foreign policy so our current geopolitical dynamics can be enhanced.”
Both Tsipras and his finance minister Yanis Varoufakis are convinced that if Greek voters reject the offer, Athens could negotiate better terms, including debt relief.
Varoufakis has tied his fate to Sunday’s outcome: he said he would resign if the government’s call for a “no” to the bailout terms were ig