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Brussels puts its foot down: financial aid for Greece to expire on June 30

2015-06-27 19 Dailymotion

There may be applause in Athens, but reactions in Brussels seem to tell a different story.<br /><br /> President of the Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem has announced financial aid for Greece will stop, full stop, on Tuesday night (June 30).<br /><br /> “The Greek government has broken off the process, has rejected the proposals and is now putting them – which is also an unfair way – putting it now to the Greek people in a referendum with negative advice,” Dijsselbloem announced. “Given that situation, I think we must conclude that, however regretful, that the programme will expire on Tuesday night.”<br /><br /> Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis says he believes a deal can still be struck, despite the Eurogroup’s statement.<br /><br /> Stuck between a rock and a hard place, some might say, the onus is on the Greek people to decide whether or not to accept the deal proposed by the country’s international creditors.<br /><br /> Varoufakis is calling for better proposals, however Dijsselbloem has said in no uncertain terms that the pl

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