| Author (Person) | Barber, Tony |
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| Series Title | Financial Times |
| Series Details | 3.11.11 |
| Publication Date | 03/11/2011 |
| Content Type | News |
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Article reports that sources close to the ruling Pasok Socialist Party told the Financial Times on the 2 November 2011 that voters in Greece would be asked not to approve or reject the terms for Greece’s next financial rescue but to vote on a broader question in a referendum called by Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on the 31 October 2011 centred on support for Greece’s membership of the European Union and 17-nation eurozone. France and Germany made this demand to Mr Papandreou when they met him at a pre-G20 Summit meeting in Cannes on the 2 November 2011. However, Greece's Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos said the planned referendum on its latest bailout package must not be about the country's future in the eurozone. European leaders threatened to cut off an already overdue tranche of €8bn in international aid to Greece as they piled pressure on Athens over its plan to hold the referendum French Prime Minister Francois Fillon, told the French parliament on the 2 November 2011: 'Europe cannot be kept waiting for weeks for the outcome of the referendum. The Greeks must say quickly and without ambiguity whether they choose to keep their place in the euro zone or not'. The issue of Greece was set to take over the agenda of the G20 Summit to be held in Cannes, 3-4 November 2011. |
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| Subject Categories | Economic and Financial Affairs |
| Countries / Regions | Europe, Greece |
