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Endorsements in the Greek bailout referendum, 2015

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During the Greek bailout referendum, 2015 a number of newspapers, individuals, politicians, political parties and organisations in Greece, Europe and internationally issued endorsements for either 'NO' to accepting the Troika bailout terms or 'YES'.

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No

  • Jeremy Corbyn, British Labour Party politician and leadership candidate
  • Tom Copley, Labour Party member of the London Assembly
  • Diane Abbott, British Labour Party MP and candidate for Mayor of London
  • Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator and candidate for President of the United States

    • Yes

  • Giorgos Kaminis, mayor of Athens
  • Yiannis Boutaris, mayor of Thessaloniki
  • Andy Burnham, British Labour Party politician and leadership candidate
  • Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission
  • Martin Schulz, German MEP and President of the European Parliament

    • No

  • Thomas Piketty, French economist
  • George Galloway, British politician and broadcaster
  • Paul Krugman, American Nobel Prize winning economist
  • Owen Jones, British socialist newspaper columnist, political activist and writer
  • Joseph Stiglitz, American Nobel Prize winning economist
  • Jeffrey Sachs, economist
  • Steve Keen, British-based economist and author
  • Max Keiser, British-based broadcaster, financial commentator and film maker
  • Kim Dotcom, German-Finnish internet entrepreneur, businessperson and political activist
  • Harry Leslie Smith, British writer, political activist and former RAF fighter in World War II
  • Tariq Ali, British writer, film-maker and journalist

    • Yes

  • Christopher Pissarides, Cypriot-British economist
  • Ieronymos II of Athens, Archbishop of Athens, primate of the Church of Greece

    • Political parties

    This is the official list of endorsements by political parties as it was released by the Ministry of Interior:

    No

  • Syriza, governing party of Greece
  • Independent Greeks, governing party of Greece
  • Golden Dawn, parliamentary opposition party in Greece
  • Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow, minor party
  • Agricultural Party of Greece, minor party
  • United Popular Front, minor party
  • Popular Unions of Bipartisan Social Groups, minor party

    • Yes

  • New Democracy (Greece), opposition party
  • To Potami, opposition party
  • Panhellenic Socialist Movement, opposition party
  • Democratic Left, minor party
  • Movement of Democratic Socialists (KIDISO), minor party
  • Recreate Greece, minor party

    • Others

    Apart from the parties listed above, the Communist Party of Greece called for the use of a write-in ballot option, "even if they say that it is a spoiled ballot". The Communist Party of Greece (Marxist-Leninist) and the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece ran a joint campaign for a boycott of the vote. The Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece also called for a boycott of the vote, calling it a 'fascist farce'.

    No

  • The News Line, British Trotskyist daily newspaper
  • Morning Star, British socialist daily newspaper

    • No

  • Greece Solidarity Campaign, British-based solidarity organisation
  • People's Assembly Against Austerity, British political campaign

    • Yes

  • Technical Chamber of Greece
  • Athens Bar Association
  • Panhellenic Federation of Teaching and Research Staff
  • Central Union of Greek Municipalities
  • Greek Regions Union

    • References

    Endorsements in the Greek bailout referendum, 2015 Wikipedia
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