Grèce et référendum: 60% pourraient voter contre!

Les marchés américain et européen tremblent...

"Stock markets in the United States and Europe dropped dramatically Tuesday after Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou stunned the world by calling a national referendum on international aid for his country.
The referendum could theoretically force Greece to crash out of the euro and send shock waves through the global financial system.
Papandreou is seeking public backing for the bail-out deal, which took months to hammer out. The deal would see the country's sky-high debts cut in half, but it comes with strings attached which have led to angry demonstrations in the streets of Greece.
International lenders are demanding that Athens raise taxes, sell off state-owned companies, and slash government spending -- which means firing tens of thousands of state workers.
German and French markets were down more than 4% in afternoon trading Tuesday, and the Dow Jones plunged more than 250 points at the opening before recovering very slightly.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy will discuss Europe's debt crisis with German Chancellor Angela Merkel by phone Tuesday, his office announced.
The announcement of the referendum rattled Papandreou's hold on power Tuesday, as a lawmaker defected from his party, leaving him with a majority of only two in Parliament.
Milena Apostolaki announced her resignation from the PASOK party, saying the call for a referendum was "a deeply divisive procedure."
The European debt crisis claimed its first American victim shortly before Papandreou announced the referendum on Monday, as MF Global filed for bankruptcy protection, leaving top Wall Street creditors holding more than $2 billion in debt.
The commodities and derivatives broker was run by ex-Sen. Jon Corzine, a former head of Goldman Sachs.
Greece's opposition leader Antonis Samaras called for snap elections Tuesday, but it is unlikely he has the votes to force one.
Papandreou has called for a vote of confidence later this week, separate from his call for a referendum on the international bail-out.
One expert called the surprise plan for a referendum "a political gamble which adds further uncertainty to the European debt crisis."
"The prime minister will be hoping for a vote in favor to strengthen his mandate, but if the Greek population votes against, it will leave the IMF and Greece's European partners in a very difficult situation," said Gary Jenkins of Evolution Securities.
The planned referendum casts a shadow on a hard-fought deal that would allow Greece to write off much as 50% of its debts to banks.
The agreement for private lenders to scrap half of Greece's debt is worth 100 billion euros to Athens, and comes along with a promise of 30 billion euros from the public sector to help pay off some of the remaining debts, making the whole deal worth 130 billion euros ($178 billion)."