Dijsselbloem: no vote brings Greeks quandary – nrc.nl

Yanis Varoufakis (right) before the start of the meeting of the Eurogroup last week. Photo EPA / Olivier Hoslet

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If the Greeks Sunday during the referendum against the latest offer creditors vote, then it will land in a” bring extraordinarily difficult situation. ” That said Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem (Finance, Labour), chairman of the euro group, today in the House. A “yes” offers the Greeks’ more perspective. “

Dijsselbloem added that rejecting the latest offer will not lead to a better aid package, reports Reuters. The Minister believes that the Greek population is now “drastic measures” to accept. Until now, the country is “on content far apart” in relation to the other euro countries.

If the Greeks vote for the last bid, then enters Yanis Varoufakis as Minister of Finance. That said, the Greek minister in an interview with Bloomberg. According Varoufakis so-called troika demands will the problems of his country only worsen.

The Minister therefore said that he “would rather cut off an arm,” then he must agree to the reforms that the IMF, ECB and the euro countries expect Greece. That demands of creditors called Varoufakis across the news agency “the biggest fiasco in the history of the economy.”

Earlier, Prime Minister Tsipras already threatened with a departure as the Greeks agree with the reforms. On national television he said about it:

“If the Greek people wants to continue with the ongoing austerity plans that our country does not provide an opportunity to address it head up, then we will respect that. But we are not the ones who carry out [the reforms] go. “

In his interview with Bloomberg says Varoufakis however today that a victory of the ‘yes’ camp does not have to mean the end of the current Greek government. That will “possibly with other people” endorse the will of the people, said the minister

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