Eurosphere agenda: “Greece to hold referendum on bailout

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Greece to hold referendum on bailout

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras calls a referendum on 5 July on a bailout plan offered by international creditors that he condemns as “unbearable”.

 BBC News | Europe | World Edition /

Greece and migrants to dominate EU summit

Crunch summit on Greece and migrants loom

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The four horsemen circling the European Council summit

…: each could alter the fundamental character of the Union. While none of them is particularly new – Greece‘s economic and financial woes have troubled the EU for six years – they are circling together and affecting each other.‘Grexit’ looms first. The risk of a Greek default and possible exit from the eurozone is the most acute of the four crises.  Over the past several months, Greece’s creditors and the government of Alexis Tsipras have played a dangerous game of chicken. As a deadline approach

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ECB faces monumental decisions on Greece

ECB and Eurozone face monumental decisions on Greec

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What will shock Greek referendum mean for the Eurozone andGreece?

What will shock Greek referendum mean for the Eurozone and Greece?In a shock move, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras late last night announced a referendum on 5 July on whether to accept a deal with Greece’s creditors. Open Europe’s Raoul Ruparel lays out what this might mean for Greece and Europe.The post What will shock Greek referendum mean for the Eurozone and Greece? appeared first on Open Europe

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Tsipras: ‘Greece is part of Europe’

…nternational creditors, not on a Grexit, said Alexis Tsipras, late Friday night (26 June). EurActiv Greece reports. The premier said an emergency session of Parliament would be called to ratify the decision and ruled out any scenario of a “in or out” referendum later today. No Grexit referendu

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Why is Greek aid now €15.3bn instead of €7.2bn?

…hasn’t changed. On Friday, there was a bit of buzz that creditors had tabled a new €15.3bn offer to Greece to extend the current bailout through the end of November. But in reality, there was nothing new to it at all. It is essentially all the money left in the bailout, which was presented to Athens in a more fully articulated two-page memo. Brussels Blog got its hand on the memo, and we’ve posted it here (apologies for its slightly rumpled appearance…I put it in the wrong pocket of my briefcase

 Brussels Blog / by Peter Spiegel

Crisis meeting over Greek referendum

Greece‘s creditors hold a crisis meeting with the Greek finance minister after Athens calls a surprise referendum on the terms for a fresh bailout

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Leaked: Greece’s new bailout counterproposal

Finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, left, with Greece‘s negotiating team at the eurogroup Athens’ final counterproposal to its trio of bailout monitors would re-impose many of the large-scale corporate taxes and pension contributions that creditors demanded be stripped out amid concern it would plunge Greece into a deeper recession. According to a copy, distributed to eurozone finance ministers Thursday and obtained by the Financial Times, Ath

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A desperate Greek referendum with an unclear question but dire consequences

EurActiv.com

As Greeks are queuing up the banks and supermarkets, the spirit of national division rises and the Greek drama reaches its final and most painful stage, argues Pavlos Vasilopoulos. The few days that remain will shape the Greek and European future in an extremely poisonous environment.

Referendum and democracy: putting the demos on stage

open Democracy News Analysis – by Costas Douzinas

The referendum takes the lesson of the squares to the heart of politics. The stakes are high: Greek destiny, the future of the European Union and of democracy is on the line.

 

Eurogroup continues talks on Greek ‘Plan B’ without Varoufakis

EurActiv.com

Finance ministers of the eurozone on Saturday (27 June) rejected to extend the Greek bailout programme, which expires on Tuesday (30 June). They said Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had reacted “negatively” by calling a referendum on the creditors’ proposal and by recommending a ‘No’ vote.

Greek bailout extension refused

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

Eurozone finance ministers reject a Greek request to extend a bailout programme beyond 30 June, when a €1.6bn IMF loan repayment is due.

Alexis Tsipras: German taxpayers are not paying for Greek pensions

EurActiv.com

In an opinion piece for Der Tagesspiegel, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras argues that the assumption that Germany is paying for the wages and pensions of the Greek people is “absolutely false”.

A dilemma for Podemos

 open Democracy News Analysis – by Jordi Vaquer

Bitter-sweet success in Spain’s regional and local election forces Podemos to choose – between joining with other left parties, following the example of Barcelona and Madrid, or going it alone in the autumn legislative election.

Pablo Iglesias with new mayor of Madrid,Ahora Madrid candidate Manuela Carmen. Demotix/ Jose Hinojosa. All rights reserved.A reader of the international press could be forgiven for thinking the May 24 local and regional elections in Spain were an outstanding success for Podemos, the new hope of the southern European left.

Liberals form small, minority government in Denmark

EurActiv.com

Denmark’s new prime minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, will on Sunday (28 June) announce that he will lead a liberal minority government over the next four years, as government coalition talks with other right-wing parties have collapsed.

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