Endorsements in the Greek bailout referendum, 2015

During the Greek bailout referendum, 2015 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

• Jeremy Corbyn, British Labour Party politician and leadership candidate^[1]
• Tom Copley, Labour Party member of the London Assembly^[2]
• Diane Abbott, British Labour Party MP and candidate for Mayor of London^[3][4]
• Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator and candidate for President of the United States^[5]

Yes

• Giorgos Kaminis, mayor of Athens^[6]
• Yiannis Boutaris, mayor of Thessaloniki
• Andy Burnham, British Labour Party politician and leadership candidate^[7]
• Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission^[8]
• Martin Schulz, German MEP and President of the European Parliament^[9]

Individuals

No

• Thomas Piketty, French economist^[10]
• George Galloway, British politician and broadcaster^[11][12]
• Paul Krugman, American Nobel Prize winning economist^[13]
• Owen Jones, British socialist newspaper columnist, political activist and writer^[14][15]
• Joseph Stiglitz, American Nobel Prize winning economist^[10]
• Jeffrey Sachs, economist^[10]
• Steve Keen, British-based economist and author^[16]
• Max Keiser, British-based broadcaster, financial commentator and film maker^[17]
• Kim Dotcom, German-Finnish internet entrepreneur, businessperson and political activist^[18]
• Harry Leslie Smith, British writer, political activist and former RAF fighter in World War II^[19]
• Tariq Ali, British writer, film-maker and journalist

Yes

• Christopher Pissarides, Cypriot-British economist^[10]
• Ieronymos II of Athens, Archbishop of Athens, primate of the Church of Greece^[20]

Political parties

This is the official list of endorsements by political parties as it was released by the Ministry of Interior:^[21][22]

No

• Syriza, governing party of Greece
• Independent Greeks, governing party of Greece
• Golden Dawn, parliamentary opposition party in Greece
• Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow, minor party
• Agricultural Party of Greece, minor party
• United Popular Front, minor party
• Popular Unions of Bipartisan Social Groups, minor party

Yes

• New Democracy (Greece), opposition party
• To Potami, opposition party
• Panhellenic Socialist Movement, opposition party
• 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 ballot option, "even if they say that it is a spoiled ballot".^[23] 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.^[24] The Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece also called for a boycott of the vote, calling it a 'fascist farce'.^[25]

Newspapers

No

• The News Line, British Trotskyist daily newspaper^[26]
• Morning Star, British socialist daily newspaper^[27]

Organisations

No

• Greece Solidarity Campaign, British-based solidarity organisation^[28]
• 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