31.10.2012 - 11:57 [ Kathimerini ]

Papandreou’s bailout ultimatum recounted

Former French Finance Minister Francois Baroin has revealed how in November 2011 the then French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel told ex-Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou that the Greek bailout would be scrapped if he went ahead with plans to hold a referendum on the austerity package demanded by the country’s lenders.