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Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Greek prime minister rants about 'blackmail' with surprising intensity: mashabl.com

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Maybe he’s trying to raise his Klout score?
Greece's prime minister Alexis Tsipras took to Twitter to express his frustration on the European
Commission, the International Monetary Fund, and the European Central Bank denying an extension to the bailout money scheduled to run out on Tuesday, and his hopes for a no vote on the upcoming July 5 snap referendum on the eurozone bailout.
Holding nothing back — Tsipras called the negotiations with the EU "blackmail — Tsipras tweeted for over an hour about his frustrations with Greece's European partners.
The crisis intensified over the weekend as the country closed its banks and looked increasingly close to defaulting on its debts. And in his tweet storm, Tsipras placed blame on the three organizations, calling the European Commission’s request that Greece make major cuts to its budget in order to receive its final payment “blackmail.”
“Having asphyxiated banks & denied extension request, is it reasonable to expect that IMF installment will be paid tomorrow?” Tsipras tweeted. “Our people have remained calm in face of blackmail. Outside attempts to sway them only strengthens their resolve.”
The tweets appeared to be a live coverage from his Monday afternoon interview in ERT Social, but it’s still a lot of 140-character capped feels from the embattled prime minister. (And for those of you fluent in Greek, you can luckily follow along on a separate feed.)
Tsipras has been finding solace on the social media page in the past few days, as the financial crisis in Greece intensifies. On Sunday, he quoted Franklin Roosevelt:
But maybe Tsipras should also fear having his Twitter account disabled.
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