Monday, June 29, 2015

Greek prime minister rants about 'blackmail' with surprising intensity

Greek-prime-minister-twitter
Feed-twFeed-fb

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.” Read more...

More about Twitter, Business, Alexis Tsipras, and Greek Crisis

No comments:

Post a Comment