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From: Center for Economic and Policy Research <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 5:08 PM
Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Victory for "No" Vote in Greek Referendum
Highlights Illegitimacy of European Authorities, CEPR Co-Director Says
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PRESS RELEASE:
Victory for “No” Vote in Greek Referendum Highlights Illegitimacy of
European Authorities, CEPR Co-Director Says
<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Cg44MThZeXeFApAVR4BP5qu%2Bh4HId4cw>
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*For Immediate Release:* July 5, 2015
*Washington, D.C.*- The resounding victory for the “No” vote in Greece’s
referendum today shows that the vast majority of Greeks agree with the vast
majority of economists that the European authorities' program has failed
and offers no hope for the future, Center for Economic and Policy Research
Co-Director Mark Weisbrot said. The *New York Times* reports
<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=499lrIkS%2BJLKHsN79Ziyq9ZTVwlCc9ru>
that with 40 percent of ballots counted, the “No” vote was carrying the day
with over 60 percent, despite “Ads predicting doomsday scenarios and long
newspaper articles on the plight of retirees [that had] been coming fast
and furious from Greece
<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=at4eVF2Gb9jrsBfUOD0EYqu%2Bh4HId4cw>’s
oligarch-dominated news organizations, which critics say are all in on the
yes side."
Weisbrot has recently appeared on a number of U.S. and international news
programs to explain the failures of the past six years of austerity and the
alternatives needed for Greece to recover, including the *PBS Newshour*
<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qnlEjGbN24PgoPzxpsrijau%2Bh4HId4cw>,
*CNN International*
<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=XY8yKzioEsxooKPtHUokF9ZTVwlCc9ru>,
*Al Jazeera English*
<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=J570sDWaOp6kn%2Fxq4h4JTqu%2Bh4HId4cw>
and *Huff Post Live*
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.
“This is a triumph for democracy in the face of massive intimidation, media
manipulation and deliberate strangling of the Greek financial system, all
in order to force a 'yes' vote,” Weisbrot said. “This reaffirms the strong
mandate the people of Greece have given the Syriza-led government to pursue
an alternative path to allow the Greek economy to recover and end the
prolonged economic downturn that has resulted from the policies pushed on
Greece by the troika.
“The ECB and its partners in punishing Greece should be chastened by this
show of resistance, and ideally would return to negotiations with the Greek
government with a sincerity and good faith that they have yet to exhibit so
far. The international community should also pressure the troika to change
course, as members of the U.S. Congress did
<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GpUKcqO%2F4oMm9HKHgOxRI6u%2Bh4HId4cw>
in a letter to the IMF last week.”
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