The referendum is scheduled to take place on Sunday, just a week after it was announced. According to the AP, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjorn Jagland stated that under the international standards a referendum must be called at least 2 weeks before it is held, giving citizens enough time to weigh the pros and cons of the question posed.
Jagland stressed the fact that question proposed to the citizens was not very clear, while adding “international observers must also be present”
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1/7/15
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- Human rights body the Council of Europe has said the referendum, which will ask Greeks if they want to accept their creditors' proposals, would "fall short of international standards" if held as planned on Sunday.
The body's Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland told AP that the fact the vote "has been called on such a short notice... is a major problem", and criticised the lack of clarity in the question to be put to voters.
The letter to creditors shows that Mr Tsipras was prepared to accept a deal put forward last weekend, if a few changes were agreed.
Greece's national broadcaster ERT says Mr Tsipras would accept a deal with only minor requests for changes.
European markets surged on the news Greece might be willing to accept a deal.
But the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, said no new bailout talks would be possible before Greece holds Sunday's referendum....
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1/7/15
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European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis told German newspaper Die Welt that the question Greeks are due to vote on in a referendum planned for Sunday was neither factually nor legally correct...
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"The Eurogroup has neither accepted nor rejected them. They also don't correspond with the current status of negotiations. When (Greek Prime Minister Alexis) Tsipras announced the referendum, we were still in the middle of talks."
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3/7/15