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"en.20120521.16.1-101-000"2
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"Mr President, the elections on 17 June will be the most important post-war elections for Greece. Voters will be asked to choose if they want a responsible government that can get the country out of the crisis or if they prefer to take the route of populism and facile promises. Within such a crucial framework, with such extreme dilemmas, interventions from outside have a negative effect and ignite reactions even in those willing to listen. The most recent example is Ms Merkel’s proposal to the Greek political leadership that a referendum be held on the question ‘yes or no to the euro’ on the same day as the elections. This is a view that is in the wrong place at the wrong time, because an interim government cannot propose a referendum, because only Parliament, which has been dissolved in the run-up to the elections, can make such a decision and, finally, because referenda are not held just because certain partners demand one. When the PASOK Government proposed a referendum with a very specific question a few months ago, it provoked international reaction, spearheaded by Ms Merkel. Any such intervention is absolutely counter-productive at this moment in time. We call on the Commission and the Council to refrain from taking any action that creates an impression of interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state. Greece needs a unified voice of support from the Commission, not suggestions and threats."@en1
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