Referendum and democracy: putting the demos on stage

The referendum planned for Greece for the 5 July 2015 takes the lesson of the squares to the heart of politics. The stakes are high: Greek destiny, the future of the European Union and of democracy is on the line.

Commentaries on the Greece debt crisis following the decision of the Greek Government on the 27 June 2015 to hold a referendum in Greece on the 5 July 2015 on whether Greece should accept the latest set of proposals from the international creditors to deal with the debt crisis.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: The Greek debt crisis: Key sources http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-greek-debt-crisis-key-sources/

ESO: Background information: Tsipras announces referendum on lenders' proposals / Eurogroup, Brussels, 27 June 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/tsipras-announces-referendum-on-lenders-proposals-eurogroup-brussels-27-june-2015/

openDemocracy: Can Europe Make It?, 25.06.15: Fomenting unnecessary alarmism (or why the scenarios of a “civil war” in Greece are unfounded) https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/vassilis-petsinis/fomenting-unnecessary-alarmism-or-why-scenarios-of-%E2%80%9Ccivil-war%E2%80%9D

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