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June 30, 2015, 03:05:36 PM


Merkel just announced that the terms for their bailout end at midnight.

So the vote is worthless at this point.

This is what she actually said  :

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"This evening at exactly midnight central European time the programme expires. And I am not aware of any real indications of anything else," Ms Merkel at a news conference with Kosovo's prime minister today.

"Beyond this, it is clear that we will not close the channels of communication after midnight tonight ... that means the door remains open to talks but I cannot say any more than this," she said.

Asked whether she was aware of a last-minute offer Mr Juncker, Ms Merkel responded: "All I know is that the last offer from the Commission that I'm aware of is from Friday of last week."

Such doublespeak!
"I am not aware of any real indications of anything else" - just lol ... so something is being discussed then
The programme expires, but doors remain open to talks ...
Nice side-step on the Juncker question ... the last 'official' offer was Friday - well we already knew that. That was not the question!!

What a farce! At this point I would not put it past them to be just buying a few more hours for the banks to position themselves ...

EDIT: Apologies - this is what the Daily Telegraph said she said and may bear little or no resemblance to her actual words  Cheesy



If you want to read more doublespeak take a look at the EU offer proposed to Greece on Sunday. They published it in the interests of "transparency" but it's written in double dutch.

http://europa.eu/rapid/attachment/IP-15-5270/en/List%20of%20prior%20actions%20-%20version%20of%2026%20June%2020%2000.pdf