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During the [[2015 Greek bailout referendum]] a number of newspapers, individuals, politicians, political parties and organisations in Greece, Europe and internationally issued endorsements for either 'NO' to accepting the Troika bailout terms or 'YES'.
==Politicians==
===No===
*[[Alexis Tsipras]], then [[prime minister of Greece]] and leader of the [[SYRIZA]] party<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.naftemporiki.gr/video/974002/al-tsipras-sas-kalo-na-peite-oxi-sta-telesigrafa-alla-kai-ston-dixasmo|title=Αλ. Τσίπρας: Σας καλώ να πείτε όχι στα τελεσίγραφα, αλλά και στον διχασμό &#124; Video|date=7 March 2015|website=www.naftemporiki.gr}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*[[Jeremy Corbyn]], Leader of the [[Labour Party (UK)|British Labour Party]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/jeremy-corbyn/greece-economy_b_7688576.html |title=A Europe of Domination or of Solidarity? |first=Jeremy |last=Corbyn |work=The Huffington Post |date=29 June 2015 |accessdate=5 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Tom Copley]], [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] member of the [[London Assembly]]<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Copley |first=Tom |user=tomcopley |number=617832392770912256 |date=5 July 2015 |title=Greece has voted against humiliation and subjugation #OXI |language=en |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref>
*[[Diane Abbott]], [[Labour Party (UK)|British Labour Party]] MP and candidate for [[Mayor of London]]<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Abbott |first=Diane |user=HackneyAbbott |number=615578649937453057 |date=29 June 2015 |title=Speaking at tonight's rally in Trafalgar Square in support of the Greek people #CancelGreekDebt http://t.co/6AYAV8qoYM |language=en |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |last=Abbott |first=Diane |user=HackneyAbbott |number=615427806097473536 |date=29 June 2015 |title=Solidarity with the Greek people. Bailouts rescued European bankers not the people #CancelGreekDebt http://t.co/59diCZDYJY |language=en |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref>
*[[Bernie Sanders]], [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] and candidate for President of the United States<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/01/bernie-sanders-greece_n_7709322.html | work=Huffington Post | title=Bernie Sanders Blasts Greece's Creditors | date=1 July 2015}}</ref>
===Yes===
*[[Giorgos Kaminis]], mayor of Athens<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article143536865/Die-Griechen-zwischen-Angst-und-Selbstmitleid.html |title=Vor dem Referendum: Die Griechen zwischen Angst und Selbstmitleid |work=Die Welt |language=German |date=4 July 2015 |accessdate=5 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Yiannis Boutaris]], mayor of Thessaloniki
*[[Andy Burnham]], [[Labour Party (UK)|British Labour Party]] politician and mayor of Manchester<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/devolution-ukip-immigration-what-happened-9592608|title=Devolution, Ukip and immigration: What happened when the Labour leadership hustings came to Cardiff|last=Shipton|first=Martin|publisher=Wales Online|date=5 July 2015 |accessdate=6 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Jean-Claude Juncker]], [[President of the European Commission]]<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/greece/11706427/Dont-vote-for-suicide-betrayed-Jean-Claude-Juncker-begs-Greeks.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Matthew | last=Holehouse | title=Don't vote for suicide, 'betrayed' Jean-Claude Juncker begs Greeks | date=29 June 2015}}</ref>
*[[Martin Schulz]], German MEP and [[President of the European Parliament]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/schulz-greece-campaign-yes-greferendum-grexit-vote-eurozone-parliament-president/|title=Schulz: I will go to Greece|date=29 June 2015|website=POLITICO}}</ref>
*[[Antonis Samaras]], Former Prime Minister of Greece and then leader of the [[New Democracy (Greece)|New Democracy]] Party<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.protothema.gr/politics/article/488851/samaras-to-nai-sto-dimopsifisma-einai-nai-sto-euro/|title=Σαμαράς: Το "ναι" στο δημοψήφισμα είναι "ναι" στο ευρώ|date=29 June 2015|website=ProtoThema}}</ref>
*[[Kostas Karamanlis]], Former Prime Minister of Greece and former leader of the [[New Democracy (Greece)|New Democracy]] Party<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.efsyn.gr/politiki/antipoliteysi/32365_stirizei-nai-o-proin-prothypoyrgos-kostas-karamanlis|title=Στηρίζει το "ναι" ο πρώην πρωθυπουργός Κώστας Καραμανλής|website=Η Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών|date=2 July 2015 }}</ref>
*[[Angela Merkel]], Chancellor of Germany<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelocal.com/20150629/live-blog-greece-merkel-bundestag-grexit-eurozone|title = As it happened: EU urges Greece 'yes' vote|date = 29 June 2015}}</ref>
==Individuals==
===No===
*[[Thomas Piketty]], French economist<ref name="theguardian1">{{cite web|first=Katie |last=Allen |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/03/greek-referendum-what-the-experts-say |title=Greek referendum: how would top economists vote? |work=The Guardian |date=3 July 2015 |accessdate=5 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[George Galloway]], British politician and broadcaster<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Galloway |first=George |user=georgegalloway |number=616223602086645761 |date=1 July 2015 |title=The Greek people should refuse German diktat and launch a parallel currency while the courts decide if they can be pushed out of the Euro |language=en |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |last=Galloway |first=George |user=georgegalloway |number=616224077758529536 |date=1 July 2015 |title=Greek Partisans will vote NO in Sunday's referendum. There is European life after the Euro. No more bail-outs for bankers. Go for growth! |language=en |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref>
*[[Paul Krugman]], American Nobel Prize winning economist<ref>{{cite magazine|first=John |last=Kell |url=https://time.com/3940253/paul-krugman-no-greece-vote/ |title=This Nobel Prize-winning Economist Says Greeks Should Vote 'No' |magazine=Time |date=29 June 2015 |access-date=5 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Owen Jones (writer)|Owen Jones]], British socialist newspaper columnist, political activist and writer<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/28/syriza-merkel-economic-greece-europe?CMP=share_btn_tw|title = We must stop Angela Merkel's bullying – or let the forces of austerity win &#124; Owen Jones| newspaper=The Guardian |date = 28 January 2015| last1=Jones | first1=Owen }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |author=Occupy London |user=OccupyLondon |number=615574319985520640 |date=29 June 2015 |title=LIVE #Greece #solidarity Action #olsx #syriza no to #austerity http://t.co/AzAJC3C7fG #owenjones @OwenJones84 speaking |language=en |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref>
*[[Joseph Stiglitz]], American Nobel Prize winning economist<ref name="theguardian1"/>
*[[Jeffrey Sachs]], economist<ref name="theguardian1"/>
*[[Steve Keen]], British-based economist and author<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Keen |first=Steve |user=ProfSteveKeen |number=616608840776351744 |date=2 July 2015 |title=No. We exchange emails, but they are trying to stay inside the Euro. I wish them the best in the Referendum. Vote NO https://t.co/q84XP7Gykv |language=en |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref>
*[[Max Keiser]], British-based broadcaster, financial commentator and film maker<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BvHSpyzzow|title=Keiser Report: Greece! Start Fresh (E777)|via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>
*[[Kim Dotcom]], German-Finnish internet entrepreneur, businessperson and political activist<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Dotcom |first=Kim |user=KimDotcom |number=617085406702469120 |date=3 July 2015 |title=My friends in Greece, Try the OXI stain remover to kill all debts. Fresh start guaranteed. Reboot Greece Vote #OXI http://t.co/SkfVs3K3CE |language=en |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref>
*[[Harry Leslie Smith]], British writer, political activist and former [[RAF]] fighter in [[World War II]]<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Smith |first=John |user=Harryslaststand |number=617325390600777728 |date=4 July 2015 |title=In many ways if the #GreeceCrisis of 2015 isn't sorted properly it could be as destructive for Europe as the 1938 Munich Crisis. #VoteNO |language=en |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref>
*[[Tariq Ali]], British writer, film-maker and journalist
===Yes===
*[[Christopher Pissarides]], Cypriot-British Nobel Prize winning economist<ref name="theguardian1"/>
*[[Ieronymos II of Athens]], [[Archbishop of Athens]], primate of the [[Church of Greece]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Gaffey |first=Conor |url=http://europe.newsweek.com/greek-orthodox-leader-calls-yes-vote-bailout-referendum-329686 |title=Greek Orthodox leader calls for 'Yes' vote in bailout referendum |work=Newsweek |date=2 July 2015 |accessdate=5 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Sakis Rouvas]], Greek Singer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.protothema.gr/life-style/article/622494/rouvas-dehthika-bullying-gia-to-nai-sto-dimopsifisma/|title=Ρουβάς: Δέχθηκα bullying για το "ναι" στο δημοψήφισμα|date=25 October 2016}}</ref>
==Political parties==
This is the official list of endorsements by political parties as it was released by the Ministry of Interior:<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.ypes.gr/UserFiles/f0ff9297-f516-40ff-a70e-eca84e2ec9b9/oeDiapPra-22478-010715.pdf |title=ΘΕΜΑ: Υποστήριξη των πολιτικών κομμάτων στα ερωτήματα του δημοψηφίσματος και στην συγκρότηση Επιτροπών του άρθρου 10 του ν. 4023/2011 |publisher=Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction |language=Greek |date=1 July 2015 |accessdate=5 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714213526/http://www.ypes.gr/UserFiles/f0ff9297-f516-40ff-a70e-eca84e2ec9b9/oeDiapPra-22478-010715.pdf |archivedate=14 July 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Μπίτσικα Παναγιώτα |url=http://www.tovima.gr/politics/article/?aid=718697 |title=Ο χάρτης με τις επιλογές κομμάτων και φορέων για το δημοψήφισμα – Πολιτικές ειδήσεις |work=To Vima |language=Greek |date=1 July 2015 |accessdate=5 July 2015}}</ref>
===No===
* [[Syriza]], governing party of Greece
* [[Independent Greeks]], governing party of Greece
* [[Golden Dawn (political party)|Golden Dawn]], parliamentary opposition party in Greece
* [[Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow]], minor party
* [[Agricultural Party of Greece (modern)|Agricultural Party of Greece]], minor party
* [[United Popular Front]], minor party
* [[Popular Unions of Bipartisan Social Groups]], minor party
===Yes===
* [[New Democracy (Greece)|New Democracy]], opposition party
* [[To Potami]], opposition party
* [[Panhellenic Socialist Movement]], opposition party
* [[Democratic Left (Greece)|Democratic Left]], minor party
* [[Movement of Democratic Socialists]] (KIDISO), minor party
* [[Recreate Greece]], minor party
===Others===
Apart from the parties listed above, the [[Communist Party of Greece]] called for the use of a [[write-in candidate|write-in ballot option]], "even if they say that it is a spoiled ballot".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://inter.kke.gr/en/articles/We-do-not-choose-the-anti-people-measures-of-the-EU-IMF-and-government/|title=We do not choose the anti-people measures of the EU, IMF and government|date=3 July 2015|accessdate=7 July 2015}}</ref> The [[Communist Party of Greece (Marxist-Leninist)]] and the [[Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece]] ran a joint campaign for a boycott of the vote.<ref>M-L KKE. ''[http://www.m-lkke.gr/2015/07/03/6762/%CE%A0%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%AE%CE%B8%CE%B7%CE%BA%CE%B5,-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CE%91%CE%B8%CE%AE%CE%BD%CE%B1,-%CE%B7-%CF%83%CF%85%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%84%CF%81%CF%89%CF%83%CE%B7-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85-%CE%9A%CE%9A%CE%95-%28%CE%BC-%CE%BB%29-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85-%CE%9C-%CE%9B-%CE%9A%CE%9A%CE%95.html Πραγματοποιήθηκε, στην Αθήνα, η συγκέντρωση του ΚΚΕ (μ-λ) και του Μ-Λ ΚΚΕ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705233320/http://www.m-lkke.gr/2015/07/03/6762/%CE%A0%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%AE%CE%B8%CE%B7%CE%BA%CE%B5,-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CE%91%CE%B8%CE%AE%CE%BD%CE%B1,-%CE%B7-%CF%83%CF%85%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%84%CF%81%CF%89%CF%83%CE%B7-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85-%CE%9A%CE%9A%CE%95-%28%CE%BC-%CE%BB%29-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85-%CE%9C-%CE%9B-%CE%9A%CE%9A%CE%95.html |date=5 July 2015 }}''</ref> The [[Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece]] also called for a boycott of the vote, calling it a 'fascist farce'.<ref>OAKKE. ''[http://www.oakke.gr/afises/2013-02-16-20-47-58/item/538-%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%AF%CE%BD%CF%89%CF%83%CE%B7-%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82-%CE%BA%CE%B5-%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82-%CE%BF%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BA%CE%B5-%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%87%CE%AE-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF-%CF%86%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C-%CE%B4%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%88%CE%AE%CF%86%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%B1-%CF%86%CE%AC%CF%81%CF%83%CE%B1-%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82-5-%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BB%CE%B7 Ανακοίνωση της ΚΕ της ΟΑΚΚΕ- Αποχή στο φασιστικό δημοψήφισμα- φάρσα της 5 Ιούλη]''</ref>
==Newspapers==
===No===
*''[[The News Line]]'', British Trotskyist daily newspaper<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wrp.org.uk/news/11100 |title=EU implementing its regime-change plan for Greece! |publisher=Workers Revolutionary Party |date=3 July 2015 |accessdate=5 July 2015}}</ref>
*''[[Morning Star (British newspaper)|Morning Star]]'', British socialist daily newspaper<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-a6c7-False-choice-in-Greece |title=False choice in Greece |work=Morning Star |date=29 June 2015 |accessdate=5 July 2015 |archive-date=5 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705170346/http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-a6c7-False-choice-in-Greece |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Organisations==
===No===
*Greece Solidarity Campaign, British-based solidarity organisation<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://greecesolidarity.org/?p=2699|title = The People's Ballot &#124; Greece Solidarity Campaign}}</ref>
*[[People's Assembly Against Austerity]], British political campaign
===Yes===
*[[Technical Chamber of Greece]]
*Athens Bar Association
*Panhellenic Federation of Teaching and Research Staff
*Central Union of Greek Municipalities
*Greek Regions Union
==References==
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[[Category:2015 in Greek politics]]
[[Category:Greek government-debt crisis]]
[[Category:Political endorsements in Greece|Bailout referendum]]