These are solid reasons why our government does not consider it has a mandate to accept the institutions’ proposal or to use its majority in Parliament in order to push it through and onto the statutes.
At the same time, we do not have a mandate to turn down the institutions’ proposals either, cognizant of the critical moment in history we find ourselves in. Our party received 36% of the vote and the government as a whole commanded a little more than 40%. Fully aware of how weighty our decision is, we feel obliged to put the institutions’ proposal to the people of Greece. We shall endeavour to spell out to them fully what a Yes to the Institutions’ Proposal means, to do the same regarding a No vote, and then let them decide. For our part we shall accept the people’s verdict and will do whatever it takes to implement it – one way or another.
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As it happened - Yanis Varoufakis’ intervention during the 27th June 2015 Eurogroup Meeting (via johnborthwick)
The breakup of the EU might be traced back to the Eurogroup calling a meeting without the Greek finance minister invited, basically making up their protocols as they go.
from Stowe Boyd http://stoweboyd.com/post/122842953782
