Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is calling on voters to reject a proposed bailout when they head to the polls on Sunday. In a televised address today, he also told Greeks that Sunday’s referendum is not a vote on whether Greece will stay in the eurozone.
Meanwhile, the International Monetary Fund is warning that Greece needs even more debt relief, around $66 billion, to get the country on better financial footing. Here & Now‘s Meghna Chakrabarti sorts through the latest events in the Greek debt crisis with Martin Sandbu of the Financial Times.
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- Martin Sandbu, lead economics writer for the Financial Times. He tweets @MESandbu.
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