ATHENS
Greek opposition leaders on Wednesday demanded that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras reach a deal to keep Greece in the euro system.
Socialist PASOK leader Fofi Gennimata said Tsipras had “one and only choice, one and only mandate, one and only one way: To say the big ‘Yes’ to Europe and to the eurozone.”
Stavros Theodorakis, leader of To Potami, said failure to submit a proposal to keep Greece in the Eurozone would be “treated as an act of treason by the Greek people.”
Evangelos Meimarakis, interim leader of New Democracy, warned that leaving the euro would be the road “without return”.
Speaking at a party meeting, Meimarakis called for Tsipras to address parliament on his return from Brussels, where he is trying to work out a deal with Greece’s creditors. "This is a matter of supreme public importance and should be explained to the entire parliament so that the public can hear it as well," he said.
The Greek government has until Sunday to reach agreement with its European creditors on a new bailout.
