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July 2, 2015
Greek referendum poll: too close to call
A poll of Greek voters in advance of Sunday's crucial referendum on whether the country should accept or reject the bailout terms offered by the EU shows the vote too close to call.
Bloomberg:
A GPO poll cited by euro2day.gr said 47 percent leaned toward a “yes” vote, an endorsement of austerity and the international bailout. The “no” camp, the government’s position rejecting those terms, was 43 percent. The margin of error in the survey of 1,000 people was 3.1 percentage points.
The battle lines ahead of the vote appeared immovable after a day of posturing in the wake of the expiry of Greece’s bailout deal and its missing a payment to the International Monetary Fund. Politicians across Europe poured scorn on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s strategy; he said the “no” vote would improve his leverage.
Greece is facing a “terrifying” economic freefall, Spanish Finance Minister Luis de Guindos said....(Read Full Post)