A referendum on the proposals of creditors began in Greece

In Greece 7. 00 to 19. 00 will be held a Referendum in which the people of the country will Express its opinion on the proposal of the international creditors.
Surveys promise a high turnout for the opening of polling stations began to approach the citizens, besides of all ages, both young and old, RIA " Novosti ". According to information of the Ministry of interior and administrative Reform, the right to participate in the national will presumably have 8, 5 million people in the country. The referendum is considered valid if attended by More than 40% of registered voters, reports the news Agency. In the process of a referendum of the Greek people shall be by ballot to decide whether to accept the government or to reject the draft Treaty, as shown by the European Commission, the European Central Bank and international monetary Fund at the Eurogroup on 25 June. People have previously suggested to explore a multi-page document of creditors, is made of 2 parts - " Reforms To end the current program and the Preliminary debt sustainability analysis ". The ballot paper is now being asked to vote "against" or " for "the proposals of creditors, besides the "against" is in the first place.
To facilitate the movement came to the election the government made a free trip to the Athens urban transport, introduced a 50% discount For travel on railway trains For judges who are involved in the work of election commissions. On the freeways leading into Athens, and a number of other roads in the country on the day of the referendum abolished the tolls that residents were not burdensome to go to polling stations. Greek airline Aegean proposed special rate of 50 Euro tickets For judges inside Greece. In addition To the Greeks of the Diaspora, living in Brussels and London, the airline has introduced more flights, offering economy class tickets there and back for ? 199 (from Brussels) and 148 pounds (from London), including road tolls and taxes. In Athens, hundreds of correspondents from around the world, rooms available in hotels in downtown no. In Greece currently correspondents from 44 countries - from the USA, China, Brazil, Russia, Georgia, Switzerland, Canada, Belarus, Ukraine, Turkey, Mexico, Colombia, Iran, Egypt, other. In the press center of the election were accredited 699 authorized media - 325 correspondents, 99 photographers, 105 operators and 167 members of television crews. Among them 160 commissioners Greek media and 539 of commissioners for foreign media, and Among them 21 news Agency 81 TV stations, 58 of Newspapers and 17 radio stations from around the world.


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