Will Greece Take the Bailout?
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Greece's Tsipras Urges Rejection of Bailout DealA defiant Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras urged Greeks on Wednesday to reject an international bailout deal, wrecking any prospect of repairing broken relations with EU partners before a referendum on Sunday that may decide Greece's future in Europe.
Less than 24 hours after he wrote a conciliatory letter to creditors asking for a new bailout that would accept many of their terms, Tsipras abruptly switched back into combative mode in a television address.
Greece was being "blackmailed," he said, quashing talk that he might delay the vote, call it off...
From the Center
Greece debt crisis: PM Tsipras defiant as bank controls biteGreece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has made a defiant speech as cash withdrawal limits begin to bite for Greek bank customers.
Mr Tsipras promised Greeks their pensions and wages would be safe.
Earlier he put new proposals in a letter to eurozone partners, accepting most of what was on the table before talks collapsed, but with conditions.
Germany says talks with Greece will not be possible until after a referendum called by Mr Tsipras for Sunday.
From the Left
Tsipras Signals Greece May Accept Bailout TermsAn unexpected new effort by Greece to compromise with its creditors on a bailout package prompted a cool response from most of the rest of Europe on Wednesday as the financial pressures on Athens intensified and efforts to find a way out of the crisis remained chaotic.
On another day of twists and turns, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s government reversed course and said it would be willing to accept many of the terms of a bailout package that it had previously rejected, if they are part of a broader deal...
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