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Cameron tough on Greece and defends Merkel

The British premier is tough on the Greek situation: Athens accepts the rules of the monetary union or leaves the eurozone. Cameron asked governments to prepare for any eventuality and to come up with a plan to calm the market. Furthermore, he defended Merkel, however asking her for more flexibility in terms of growth.

Cameron tough on Greece and defends Merkel

Either Greece fulfills its obligations or leaves the eurozone. It is the clearest position taken by British Prime Minister David Cameron since the beginning of the Greek crisis. A sentence reported today by the agencies and pronounced by the premier during the NATO meeting in Chicago. Cameron added that the governments participating in the monetary union, of which the United Kingdom is not a part but which still scares across the Channel, must be ready for whatever result will come out of the polls on June 17, when the Greeks will be called back to the vote after the lack of agreement between the political forces on the formation of the government after the first round. 

“We will make a decision when there is a vote in Greece. It must be absolutely clear that there is a choice: the Greeks can vote to stay in the eurozone and fulfill their duties, or they can renounce it and consequently renounce the eurozone”. These are the words of the premier. No one can tell the Greeks what to do, he added, "but their choice must be clear."

So let Europe prepare itself for any eventuality. “Governments are ready to make strong decisions, also new steps on the deficit agreement and with the banks to calm the markets. The eurozone needs to put in place the strongest bailout plan for either eventuality, as the world is suffering from continued uncertainty in the eurozone. It is a decisive moment”, added Cameron finally, who also defended the German chancellor Angela Merkel and its insistence on austerity measures, while asking it for greater flexibility on measures to promote growth. 

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