Greece bid farewell to the euro area. Minister of Finance of Austria

Greek exit from the euro zone now seems almost inevitable, but Athens must ask for it. This opinion was expressed on Sunday, Finance Minister of Austria, Hans Jörg Schelling.

But first, Athens will have to ask for the release, and other countries - to consent, he added.

June 27 eurozone countries have declared the termination of negotiations with Athens after the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras declared to hold a referendum on July 5 issue of the position of creditors on Greek goszadolzhennosti.

Particularly irritated the rest of the euro area has caused the position of Tsipras, who recommended the citizens to vote against the proposals of creditors on new measures of budgetary savings as a condition of aid.

Lenders refused to give Greece a reprieve on payments on IMF loans, and did not renew the third time in the international program of financial aid to the country without the consent of the Greek reform program. With high probability, it could lead to a default of Greece on IMF loans, which Athens until June 30 will have to pay 1.6 billion euros. This could result in a country from the euro zone.

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