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Greek Referendum on Offer That Is Off the Table Baffles Voters
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Jim Yardley points out the controversial nature of the referendum in Greece on July 5, 2015. It is flawed in 3 respects- it makes no mention of Europe, the details of the agreement are not clear to voters, and the "No" vote is framed in terms of the "Oxi" or "No" vote of 1940 in Greece to Mussolini for annexation of Greece. No sane minded person can confirm that this has anything to do with the annexation of Greece by foreign powers. It had one additional flaw- the government and Tsipras simply went ahead and campaigned for a "No" without talking to its European partners. Landon Thomas Jr shows how the difficult dynamic and confrontation between the eurozone negotiator Dijsselbloem and the Greece negotiator led to the collapse of talks on June 25, 2015, playing right into the paranoia of an inexperienced Greece administration about the EU's intentions. Only over a week later July 7, 2015 the new Britain trained Greece negotiator Tsakalotos from St Pauls School and Oxford was able to change the very tone of negotiations leading to the Third Bailout Program.
The controversial nature of the referendum of July 5 in Greece- no mention of Europe, agreement details not fully understood by voters, and the framing of the "No" vote on a similar "No" vote to Mussolini in 1940 for annexation of Greece
07/02/2015
Jim Yardley of the NYT draws attention to the flawed nature of the referendum of July 5, 2015 in Greece.
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