The Greek
government has extended bank closures and a €60 (£43; $66) daily limit on ATM
withdrawals until Monday. The curbs were imposed on 28 June, after a deadlock
in bailout talks with creditors led a rush of withdrawals.
An emergency summit will involve all 28 EU
members - not just the 19 eurozone countries. European Council President Donald
Tusk has warned that this was now the "most critical moment in the history
of the eurozone". "The final deadline ends this week," he said
after emergency talks of the eurozone leaders in Brussels on Tuesday. Greece is
desperate for a third bailout to avoid bankruptcy and possibly crashing out of
the euro currency.
'Acute crisis'
"The
bank holiday is extended to July 13," the finance ministry said in a
statement late on Wednesday. The announcement came after the European Central
Bank - which has been providing emergency liquidity to keep Greek banks from
collapsing - said it would leave its current level of support unchanged.
Greece's last international bailout
programme expired on 30 June and it missed an International Monetary Fund (IMF)
payment. Mr Tsipras, speaking during a fractious debate on the Greek debt
crisis in the European Parliament on Wednesday, criticised previous bailouts
for turning Greece into an "austerity laboratory".
He was speaking after the Greek people
decisively rejected the latest proposals from creditors in Sunday's referendum.
In an
address in Washington on Wednesday, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde
reiterated that debt restructuring alongside a programme of reforms was the
only way forward for the stricken Greek economy.
"Greece is in a situation of acute
crisis, which needs to be addressed seriously and promptly," she said. Meanwhile,
the Greek government has insisted that there is no threat to food and fuel
supplies. In a statement, the Ministry of Economy, Infrastructures, Maritime
Affairs and Tourism "reassures both the Greek citizens and the visitors
(tourists) that there are adequate food supplies in the market and that their
prices remain stable".
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