Tsipras
has rejected calls to turn it into a yes/no vote on whether Greece should keep
the Euro
Wednesday
01 July 2015
Alexis
Tsipras, the Greek prime minister, has vowed that there will be a referendum on
whether the Greek people want to accept austerity measures on Sunday.
Tsipras
has also rejected calls from EU leaders to turn it into a yes/no vote on
whether Greece should keep the euro.
"I
never expected a democratic Europe not to give space and time [to hold the
referendum]. It is a disgrace that we have these scenes of shame because they
closed the banks precisely because we wanted to give the people the vote,"
he said.
Tsipras
speech comes in spite of warnings that there is not enough time to properly
plan for a referendum, or that holding such a vote prevents negotiations on a
bailout deal in the meantime.
Thorbjorn
Jagland, the secretary general of the Council of Europe, said that at least two
weeks were needed to plan a referendum properly.
The
vote "has been called on such a short notice, that this in itself is a
major problem," Jagland said Wednesday by phone from Lisbon, Portugal,
according to The Telegraph. "And also the fact that the questions that are
put to the people ... are not very clear."
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