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<header class="entry-header"> Varoufakis<br>
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Why we recommend a NO in the referendum – in 6 short bullet points<br>
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<li>Negotiations have stalled because Greece’s creditors (a)
refused to reduce our un-payable public debt and (b) insisted
that it should be repaid ‘parametrically’ by the weakest members
of our society, their children and their grandchildren</li>
<li>The IMF, the United States’ government, many other governments
around the globe, and most independent economists believe —
along with us — that the debt must be restructured.</li>
<li>The Eurogroup had previously (November 2012) conceded that the
debt ought to be restructured but is refusing to commit to a
debt restructure</li>
<li>Since the announcement of the referendum, official Europe has
sent signals that they are ready to discuss debt restructuring.
These signals show that official Europe too would vote NO on its
own ‘final’ offer.</li>
<li>Greece will stay in the euro. Deposits in Greece’s banks are
safe. Creditors have chosen the strategy of blackmail based on
bank closures. The current impasse is due to this choice by the
creditors and not by the Greek government discontinuing the
negotiations or any Greek thoughts of Grexit and devaluation.
Greece’s place in the Eurozone and in the European Union is
non-negotiable.</li>
<li>The future demands a proud Greece within the Eurozone and at
the heart of Europe. This future demands that Greeks say a big
NO on Sunday, that we stay in the Euro Area, and that, with the
power vested upon us by that NO, we renegotiate Greece’s public
debt as well as the distribution of burdens between the haves
and the have nots.</li>
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