More than 61 percent of Greek voters on Sunday
rejected fresh austerity demands by the country's
EU--IMF creditors in a historic referendum
official result from over 95 percent of polling
station showed/.
Thousands of Athenians gathered in central
Syntagma Square to celebrate the result despite
warnings that failure to reach a deal with the
creditors could trigger a Greek exit from
the eurozone ,
"I'm so happy said 37 year old Dina Rousso
adding that she hadn't expected there to be
such a clear margin between the "No votes
and the "Yes" votes
"this is Europe's choice to become what it
should have been in the beginning she said,
"Together we have written a bright page in
modern European history "an elated Prime
Minister Alexis Tsipras told the nation in
a television address.
"This is the mandate of rupture with Europe
but a mandate that bolsters our negotiating
strength to achieve a viable deal" he added,
European Commission president Jean Claude
Juncker had said a Greek "No' would be no
to Europe "
The head of the Eurogroup of erurozone
finance ministers Jeroen Dijssel bloem
called the Greek "No result"very regrettable
for the future of Greece,
AFP
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