01:41Greece: "We cannot agree to the deal" - ANEL leader Kammenos
Greek Prime Minister Tsipras was faced with a coup instigated by Germany and other European countries, Panos Kammenos, the Greek Minister of Defence and leader of the Independent Greeks (ANEL) party stated, after leaving Maximos Mansion in Athens, Monday. He added that his anti-austerity party could not support the deal agreed upon by Eurogroup members on the Greek bailout programme.
The leader of the junior coalition party went on to say that the 'coup' led to the Greek leader being "blackmailed with the collapse of the banks and complete 'haircut' on savings." Kammenos ended his statement by saying that the efforts of Tsipras were supported by the Greek people as a whole, adding that he thought the European negotiators wanted to "break up" Greece's coalition government.
Kammenos' comments follow 17 hours of negotiations, culminating in eurozone leaders reaching an agreement on Greece's bailout programme earlier in the day. The new agreement comes just over a week after the Greek people rejected the demands of creditors in a national referendum, a draft statement released on Sunday 12 indicates the length of the demands of the creditors. These demands include the full implementation of automatic spending cuts, including pension reforms and other austerity measures.
The Hellenic Parliament must now agree on and push through some of the measures by Wednesday, July 15 and further measures by Wednesday, July 22.
01:41Greek Prime Minister Tsipras was faced with a coup instigated by Germany and other European countries, Panos Kammenos, the Greek Minister of Defence and leader of the Independent Greeks (ANEL) party stated, after leaving Maximos Mansion in Athens, Monday. He added that his anti-austerity party could not support the deal agreed upon by Eurogroup members on the Greek bailout programme.
The leader of the junior coalition party went on to say that the 'coup' led to the Greek leader being "blackmailed with the collapse of the banks and complete 'haircut' on savings." Kammenos ended his statement by saying that the efforts of Tsipras were supported by the Greek people as a whole, adding that he thought the European negotiators wanted to "break up" Greece's coalition government.
Kammenos' comments follow 17 hours of negotiations, culminating in eurozone leaders reaching an agreement on Greece's bailout programme earlier in the day. The new agreement comes just over a week after the Greek people rejected the demands of creditors in a national referendum, a draft statement released on Sunday 12 indicates the length of the demands of the creditors. These demands include the full implementation of automatic spending cuts, including pension reforms and other austerity measures.
The Hellenic Parliament must now agree on and push through some of the measures by Wednesday, July 15 and further measures by Wednesday, July 22.