Greeks are being asked to say yes (nai) or no (oxi) to an EU bailout
deal in a referendum on Sunday that could be one of the most important
votes since Greece became a nation in 1830.
Photograph: Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters
One of the most influential architects of the European Union
has called on its current leaders to do everything they can to rescue
Greece, including looking at its debt burden “without delay”.
Jacques Delors, who was responsible for deepening European
integration when he was president of the Commission from 1985-93, called
on the EU to adopt a three-part rescue plan for Greece. Writing in Le Monde,
he writes that Greece needs (1) financial aid to restore it to
short-term solvency (2) help via EU programmes so it can return to
economic growth and (3) “without delay examination of the weight of
Greek debt”, as well as the debts of other countries that have been
under EU bailout programmes.
The Greek drama is not solely national: it will have effects on all of Europe.
But he has a stern message for the Greek authorities
An exit from the current crisis means a change in view from Greece...
it requires the expression of a clear will to break with the last forty
years.
The article is co-signed by Pascal Lamy, former head of the World
Trade Organisation and European commissioner, and Antonio Vitorino ,
president of the Jacques Delors Institute.
Are we getting smoke signals from the European Commission?
The most senior advisor to Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the
Commission, has been assiduously tweeting his boss’s thoughts on the
Greek government this afternoon.
Martin Selmayr is Juncker’s head of cabinet. He recently got into hot
water with the German finance ministry when he tweeted that a new Greek
proposal was a good basis for progress.
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