Greek PM speaking with Sto Kokkino radio. Bloomberg reporting
- Greece can't return to markets with current debt levels
- next 6 months will be crucial for EU and Eurozone area
- creditors decided to shut down Greek banks as an act of revenge
- Greek banks would have collapsed if he had ended talks
- had little choice but to call a referendum but was a high-risk option
- his mandate was to stop destruction of Greece
- never promised Greeks a walk in the park
- things have changed for Greece and the Syriza party
Elsewhere the deputy fin min Alexiadis says he hopes to raise €2.65bln from real estate tax
Tsipras- never promised his people a walk in the park
