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Greece: polling opens in crunch referendum

2015-07-05 44 Dailymotion

Greeks are deeply divided as they head to the polls in a referendum to decide the country’s financial future.<br /><br /> Polling stations opened at 6am Central European Time on Sunday with an 80 percent turnout expected, higher than for the general election in January.<br /><br /> The vote was called by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras after the breakdown of talks with international creditors and as Athens defaulted on a payment to the International Monetary Fund.<br /><br /> Greeks can vote ‘yes’ to approve of the bailout terms of creditors or ‘no’ as advocated by the government, even though this could see the country leave the eurozone.<br /><br /> Pundits think the vote is too close to call.<br /><br /> Opinion polls suggested a small lead for the ‘no’ camp was narrowed after five days of bank closures and capital controls.<br /><br /> The results are expected on Sunday evening and Greek banks are expected to run out of money on Monday without help from the EU.<br /><br /> Cost of Greek debt per person per eurozone country<br />Cost of Greek debt per person

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