Anti-austerity protests in Greece as bank shutdown bites

With a popular referendum on the bailout planned for Sunday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras put his own position on the line, saying he would respect the result of the vote but would not lead a government to administer "austerity in perpetuity". It won't be me," he said in an interview on Greek state television as one of the biggest rallies seen in Athens in years was taking place. European leaders and policymakers, wrong-footed by Tsipras's shock announcement of the referendum in the early hours of Saturday morning, warned that it would be a plebiscite on Greece's future as a member of the single currency.

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