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| Greece debt crisis: Greek PM defends 'harsh' deal | Greece debt crisis: Greek PM defends 'harsh' deal |
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| Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has says he does not believe in a bailout offered by eurozone leaders - but is willing to implement it. | Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has says he does not believe in a bailout offered by eurozone leaders - but is willing to implement it. |
| Mr Tsipras described the deal as "harsh", but said it was the only way for Greece to remain in the euro. | Mr Tsipras described the deal as "harsh", but said it was the only way for Greece to remain in the euro. |
| The conditional plan depends on austerity measures being passed through parliament, where Mr Tsipras faces resistance among his own MPs. | The conditional plan depends on austerity measures being passed through parliament, where Mr Tsipras faces resistance among his own MPs. |
| Despite the growing dissent at home he said he has no plans to resign. | Despite the growing dissent at home he said he has no plans to resign. |
| Defending the deal, he said: "I assume responsibility for all mistakes I may have made, I assume responsibility for a text I do not believe in, but which I signed to avoid disaster for the country, the collapse of the banks." | Defending the deal, he said: "I assume responsibility for all mistakes I may have made, I assume responsibility for a text I do not believe in, but which I signed to avoid disaster for the country, the collapse of the banks." |
| He said he had battled not to cut wages and pensions, arguing the terms agreed were milder than those in previous deals. | He said he had battled not to cut wages and pensions, arguing the terms agreed were milder than those in previous deals. |
| Bailout deal at a glance | |
| Europe's media stress drama of Greek deal | |
| France buoyed by Brussels agreement | |
| But he also attacked Greece's creditors, saying "they wanted to take revenge". | But he also attacked Greece's creditors, saying "they wanted to take revenge". |
| Meanwhile Jeroen Dijsselbloem, who chairs the Eurogroup of finance ministers from euro countries - a key figure in the weekend's fraught negotiations - said he was "angry" at Mr Tsipras for urging Greek votes to reject a similar package of austerity measures in a referendum. | |
| "You can't promise things that you can't bring about," he told Dutch television. | |
| Mr Tsipras said the referendum had helped secure a better, more long-term deal. | |
| The interview comes on the eve of the vote in Greece's parliament. The measures, including pensions and VAT reforms, must be passed by Wednesday. | The interview comes on the eve of the vote in Greece's parliament. The measures, including pensions and VAT reforms, must be passed by Wednesday. |
| Mr Tsipras may need the help of opposition parties, with a number of Syriza MPs likely to rebel and the junior coalition party, the Independent Greeks, offering only limited support. | Mr Tsipras may need the help of opposition parties, with a number of Syriza MPs likely to rebel and the junior coalition party, the Independent Greeks, offering only limited support. |
| Cracks open up - by Mark Lowen, BBC News, Athens | |
| With the deal done, Greece is now racing to meet its first deadline: to pass four pieces of legislation by the end of Wednesday. | |
| But the cracks are emerging in Alexis Tsipras' coalition. | |
| Away from parliament, Mr Tsipras will also struggle to sell this deal to his own voters, with strike action already called. | |
| But only if he pushes on will the Greek banks get an urgent injection of cash and will the vital bailout funds start flowing once again. |