
Greece’s current financial lifeline ends on Tuesday, with the referendum timed for next Sunday. Eurozone officials at the EU snubbed Mr Tsipras’s demand for a delay in the deadline. Some European officials called for renewed efforts by both sides. “We don’t know – none of us – the consequences of an exit from the eurozone, either on the political or economic front,” said Manuel Valls, the French Prime Minister. “We must do everything so that Greece stays in the eurozone.
“But doing everything, that means respecting Greece and democracy, but it’s also about respecting European rules. So Greece needs to come back to the negotiating table.”
The European Central Bank
Without an increase in emergency liquidity, which currently stands at just under €90bn (£64bn), Greece’s four major banks could soon run out of cash and be forced to implement capital controls. Those restrictions could keep Greek banks functioning – but they would mean a deepening of the financial crisis
Bank of Greece governor Yannis Stournaras said that the central bank would “take all measures necessary to ensure financial stability”. Individual banks in the country have been imposing limits in daily cash transactions for several days.
The country’s banking crisis could deal a fatal blow to this summer’s tourism season, with visitors staying away amid fears they may be unable to access money.
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However, a Greek departure from the euro is still far from inevitable, analysts said. The man who invented the term “Grexit” – Citigroup economist Ebrahim Rahbari, said: “We expect the referendum to result in a comfortable majority for the Yes camp, and expect no Grexit this year and a lower risk of Grexit in subsequent years.”
Mr Rahbari and his team last year put the chances of a Greek exit from the currency at 90 per cent.
Two opinion polls published on Sunday indicated that more Greeks want to stay in the eurozone and make a deal with creditors than want a rupture with the country’s European partners.
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