1、2012 年 05 月 09 日 06:19 AM Greek left calls for an end to barbarous austerity plansBy Kerin Hope, Alexandra Stevenson in Athens, in London 字号 背景 中文 评论 打印 电邮 收藏 Greece is heading for a clash with international lenders as the radical leftwing party that came second in the weekends elections called for
2、the ripping up of a “barbarous” austerity programme underpinning its bailout and questions mounted about the countrys future inside the euro.Alexis Tsipras, the 38-year-old leader of the Syriza party that surged in popularity in Sundays poll, outlined a five-point plan to be put to conservative and
3、socialist leaders today as he attempts to build a coalition, demanding the reversal of fiscal and structural measures that have enabled Greece to slash its budget deficit.However, in an unusually blunt intervention, Jrg Asmussen, a European Central Bank executive board member, for the first time rai
4、sed the possibility of a Greek exit from the euro an option the ECB had previously refused to acknowledge in public.“Greece needs to be aware that there is no alternative to the agreed reform programme if it wants to remain a member of the eurozone,” Mr Asmussen told Handelsblatt, the German busines
5、s newspaper.Fears of a Greek exit hit financial markets, with stocks across Europe falling, the US S they abandoned the parties that support it, effectively abolishing plans for sackings of public sector workers and additional spending cuts,” Mr Tsipras said.His plan would involve abandoning Greeces
6、 second 174bn bailout agreement, putting the banking sector “under state control”, reversing labour reforms, calling a moratorium on national debt repayments and moving to proportional representation.Greek stocks fell to 20-year lows, while in Paris the CAC 40 slid 2.8 per cent and Germanys Xetra Da
7、x closed down 1.9 per cent. The euro fell 0.3 per cent against the dollar to $1.3022.“Greece in itself isnt a big issue, but what does matter of course is the knock-on effects and contagion fears and what that would mean for the wider market,” said Adrian Cattley, European equity strategist at Citigroup.
