Fra Guardian
Greece’s Kathimerini newspaper is reporting tonight that Yanis Varoufakis, the finance minister, will present details of the measures Greece would implement in return for a third bailout.
Deputy Greek PM: Referendum may not happen
Greek deputy prime minister Yannis Dragasakis has told state-run TV in the last few minutes that the government may not go ahead with the referendum, reports Helena.
Dragasakis was expected to make an announcement tonight but not this!
His statement may well set the ball in motion – but it is not clear how the government will stop its vote.
As we reported earlier, the speaker of the Athens parliament, Zoe Konstantopoulou, says it is constitutionally impossible to halt the referendum.
Analyse fra BNP PARibas
Greece asks for a last-minute deal Ahead of Greece’s planned referendum on the conditions of its bailout programme on 5 July, eleventh-hour negotiations continue between the Greek government and the eurozone. Greece reportedly asked for an extension of its current programme, a new two-year European Stability Mechanism (ESM) loan and a restructuring of its debt late Tuesday. Eurozone finance ministers held a conference call to discuss the request. Finnish Finance Minister Alexander Stubb said on Twitter afterwards that an extension and a restructuring were “not possible” until after the referendum and that an ESM loan application would have to go through “normal channels”. Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem, meanwhile, was reported as saying that Athens would send a revised set of measures to eurozone finance ministers on Wednesday. The suggestion that eurozone finance ministers might discuss Greece again on Wednesday could spark hopes that Greece could call off the referendum should its creditors have a change of heart. At this point, however, we think that the referendum will go ahead as planned.
