-
(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
ATHENS, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Greek voters' resounding1 NO to the international creditors2' debt deal offer in Sunday's landmark3 referendum does not mean a rift4 with Europe, but a YES to a viable5 agreement, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in a televised address on Sunday night.
Greek citizens rejected the lenders June 25 proposal for a reforms-for-cash deal with 61.5 percent of votes against 38.5 percent, with 88 percent of the votes counted, according to the latest data released by the Interior Ministry6. Voters' participation7 exceeded the 61 percent.
The outcome may determine whether Greece will remain afloat and in the euro zone with creditors' further assistance or head to a disorderly default and possible Grexit should lenders interpret it as NO to Europe, as officials and analysts8 in Greece and across the world have warned.
NO is YES to viable debt deal, says Greek PM after NO wins in referendum
"I know well that NO, your mandate9, is not for a break with Europe, but for the achievement of a sustainable debt deal with no waste of time," the Leftist Premier10 said on Sunday night, sticking to his government's argument ahead of the referendum that a sound NO would boost their negotiating position in talks with lenders as of Monday.
"The question was not inside or outside the euro, but what kind of Europe Greeks wanted," Tsipras stressed, adding that Greek people sent a message in favor of "a Europe of solidarity11 and democracy.
The Greek government's first priorities after the referendum's results was to seek the resumption of negotiations12 with lenders, requesting a debt relief to make the Greek debt load sustainable, and restore stability in the banking13 sector14, he said.
Greece's banking system was teetering at the brink15 of collapse16 since the European emergency liquidity17 aid (ELA) was freezed last weekend after his shock call for the referendum and as negotiations continued for five months.
In a bid to heal the wounds opened in recent days in Greek society which was divided between the NO and YES, the Greek leader made a plea for national unity18 to prevail as of Monday.
He said he would ask the President of the Greek Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos to call a meeting of the Council of the leaders of all political parties represented in parliament in coming hours to exchange views on the next steps the country should take.
Main opposition19 conservative New Democracy (ND) party leader and former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras who backed the YES resigned on Sunday evening.
"The referendum does not have winners and losers.... From now on we are all united," Tsipras underlined, urging Greeks to work hard to restore social cohesion20 and thanking the European citizens who showed solidarity with Greek people.
Thousands of supporters of the NO and the ruling two-partite coalition21 government of the Radical22 Left SYRIZA and the Right- wing Independent Greeks took to the streets of Athens in front of the parliament to celebrate the victory.
However, proponents23 of the YES and analysts drew caution to the possible reactions of lenders and the impact on the Greek economy and society.
As an emergency euro zone summit and Euro Group were expected to be convened24 later this week, opposition parties leaders, media commentators25 and financial experts feared that the "mutually beneficial" deal the government expected to be sealed within 48 hours -and the reopening of banks on Tuesday- would take much more time- if achieved.
Without an urgent liquidity injection from ELA Greek cabinet ministers and bankers have admitted that ATMs will run out of cash by Tuesday, despite the capital controls introduced since last Monday.
Without the safety net of the bailout program that kept it afloat over the past five years that expired on June 30 and in arrears26 status to International Monetary27 Fund from the same day, should Tsipras' government fails to reach a "viable" deal soon, Greece could be led to a nightmarish default and possible exit from the euro zone shortly, analysts warned.
点击收听单词发音
1 resounding | |
adj. 响亮的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
2 creditors | |
n.债权人,债主( creditor的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
3 landmark | |
n.陆标,划时代的事,地界标 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
4 rift | |
n.裂口,隙缝,切口;v.裂开,割开,渗入 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
5 viable | |
adj.可行的,切实可行的,能活下去的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
6 ministry | |
n.(政府的)部;牧师 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
7 participation | |
n.参与,参加,分享 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
8 analysts | |
分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
9 mandate | |
n.托管地;命令,指示 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
10 premier | |
adj.首要的;n.总理,首相 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
11 solidarity | |
n.团结;休戚相关 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
12 negotiations | |
协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
13 banking | |
n.银行业,银行学,金融业 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
14 sector | |
n.部门,部分;防御地段,防区;扇形 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
15 brink | |
n.(悬崖、河流等的)边缘,边沿 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
16 collapse | |
vi.累倒;昏倒;倒塌;塌陷 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
17 liquidity | |
n.流动性,偿债能力,流动资产 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
18 unity | |
n.团结,联合,统一;和睦,协调 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
19 opposition | |
n.反对,敌对 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
20 cohesion | |
n.团结,凝结力 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
21 coalition | |
n.结合体,同盟,结合,联合 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
22 radical | |
n.激进份子,原子团,根号;adj.根本的,激进的,彻底的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
23 proponents | |
n.(某事业、理论等的)支持者,拥护者( proponent的名词复数 ) | |
参考例句: |
|
|
24 convened | |
召开( convene的过去式 ); 召集; (为正式会议而)聚集; 集合 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
25 commentators | |
n.评论员( commentator的名词复数 );时事评论员;注释者;实况广播员 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
26 arrears | |
n.到期未付之债,拖欠的款项;待做的工作 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
27 monetary | |
adj.货币的,钱的;通货的;金融的;财政的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|