[celticninja]

To be fair his mandate on election was to reduce the impact of austerity. He has pushed for that but now the choice is austerity cuts or exit the Euro, neither of which he has an elected mandate for. Many other leaders would make the decision regardless but he had put it to the Greek people because ultimately it will be them that have to live with the decision and he knows that most don't want to leave he EU. So now they have to decide what is more important EU membership or no more austerity cuts.

However in reality it is no decision because without EU membership there is no money anyway so austerity is happening to Greece one way or another.

[Scarblac]

And anyway, he new all those things before saturday. If he thinks a referendum is needed, he could have held it weeks ago.