09 October 2024,   01:12
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In Greece, the situation has become even more uncertain after referendum

 

Alexis Tsipras has left the presidential residence without comments. The consultations with various political party leaders that the Prime Minister has been conducting since ten p.m. ended with the signing of the declaration only. The representatives of five parties expressed their full support to Alexis Tsipras in negotiations with creditors.

The Greek Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis has resigned after consultations of the Prime Minister and the President. In a statement published on his personal blog on Monday, Varoufakis said he was stepping down to allow Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to reach a new deal with European creditors.
"Soon after the announcement of the referendum results, I was made aware of a certain preference by some Eurogroup participants, and assorted "partners", for my … "absence" from its meetings; an idea that the Prime Minister judged to be potentially helpful to him in reaching an agreement," Varoufakis wrote on his blog.
"For this reason I am leaving the Ministry of Finance today.
"I consider it my duty to help Alexis Tsipras exploit, as he sees fit, the capital that the Greek people granted us through yesterday"s referendum"

In parallel to the consultations with political leaders, Alexis Tsipras had telephone conversations with Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel. The Russian president expressed his support for the Greek people, the German Chancellor expressed her readiness to listen to new proposals for tomorrow"s summit from official Athens.

 
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