The intention of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to appeal to the people in the form of a referendum if Greeceās creditors ask the Greek government to implement austerity measures that the Greek government cannot accept has been widely predicted by German and foreign media.
In its article the German newspaper Die Zeit extensively presented the Greek Prime Ministerās interview on April 27, noting that Tsipras ruled out the possibility of another election and appeared optimistic in terms of reaching an agreement with Athensā creditors.
āTsipras is preparing a referendum,ā wrote the German newspaper Handelsblatt in its article on the Greek Prime Ministerās interview with journalist Nikos Chatzinikolaou. The newspaper adds that a referendum may not be necessary, since Tsipras is convinced Greece will ink a deal with its creditors.
Frankfurter Allgemeine noted that Tsipras is threatening to ask for a referendum on the austerity program. Furthermore, the article made reference to the change that occurred regarding Greeceās negotiations with its creditors, noting that the Greek government is ready to come to a compromise with its creditors on the issue of privatization.
Suddeutsche Zeitung also published an article focusing on Tsiprasā interview, noting that the Greek Prime Minister expects to reach an agreement with the European Union until May 9. Furthermore, he is also toying with the idea of a referendum in case Athens cannot comply with the creditorās requests, while he claims that there will not be another election.
German tabloid Bild describes Tsiprasā interview as a āroaringā attack against German Chancellor Angela Merkel. āMerkel is politically weak, that is why she cannot admit that her Greek policy of the past few years did not work,ā Bild quoted Tsipras. The interview makes it clear that Tsipras sees himself as the victim and feels that he is being unfairly treated by the Eurogroup and the European Central Bank, wrote the tabloid.
BBC highlighted the possibility of Greece reaching an agreement with its creditors by next week in its report on Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ Monday night interview. āPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras has said Greece is in the final, critical stretch of talks with its international creditors and that he believes an interim deal will be in place by May 9,ā the article noted.
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