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"The Greeks must say quickly and without ambiguity whether they choose to keep their place in the euro zone or not"
- Francois Fillon, prime minister of France
France and Germany told Greece it should decide whether to stay in the monetary union by mid-December. "The Greeks must say quickly and without ambiguity whether they choose to keep their place in the euro zone or not," said prime minister of France, Francois Fillon.
"We agreed on a plan for Greece last week. We want to put this plan into practice, but for this we need clarity and the meeting tonight *Wednesday's night+ should help with precisely this," said German Chancellor Angela Merkel before heading to Cannes for arranged meetings of European Union lawmakers.
Finance ministry of Germany hinted that International Monetary Fund and European partners may withhold the next tranche of financial aid to Greece until after the referendum. "The tranche has not yet been paid. That is the situation today. How things proceed is yet to be seen. But according to everything we hear from Greece, there is no urgent need for the payout until mid-December, more or less," said finance ministry spokesman Martin Kotthaus.