Greek Leader Says Possible Exit From Euro Is Gone

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July 13, 2015

The Associated Press

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras speaks with the media after a meeting of eurozone heads of state at the EU Council building in Brussels on Monday, July 13, 2015. A summit of eurozone leaders reached a tentative agreement with Greece on Monday for a bailout program that includes "serious reforms" and aid, removing an immediate threat that Greece could collapse financially and leave the euro. (Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP)

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says the country's new bailout program should persuade markets that a Greek exit from the euro "is an issue of the past."

Tsipras says, "The decision today keeps Greece in conditions of financial stability, it gives the possibility of recovery."

But he says it was known ahead of time that "it would be an agreement whose implementation is difficult."

Stock markets across Europe spiked upon word that a deal was reached.

Guest

John Psaropoulos, independent journalist in Athens, Greece. His blog is “The New Athenian.” He tweets @thenewathenian.
Max Hofmann, correspondent for Deutsche Welle in Brussels. He tweets @maxhofmann.

This segment aired on July 13, 2015.