欧洲领导人警告希腊勿寄望公投讨价还价

European leaders warned Greeks that Sunday’s vote on the country’s International bailout was a referendum on its membership of the eurozone, insisting rejection would bring no better offer and could have disastrous economic consequences.

欧洲领导人警告希腊，本周日就该国国际纾困举行的全民公投将是有关希腊的欧元区成员身份的公投，他们坚持表示，否决不会带来更好方案，反而可能带来灾难性经济后果。

The warning came as Greece edged closer to default with a Greek official conceding that the country will not make a 1.6bn payment to the International Monetary Fund due by midnight.

发出这一警告之际，希腊正接近债务违约，一位希腊官员承认，该国不会向国际货币基金组织(IMF)偿还将于今日午夜到期的16亿欧元债务。

Missing the payment will put Greece in a category with Zimbabwe, Sudan and Cuba — though credit rating agencies and eurozone officials insist the move will not affect Athens’ other loans. Far more consequential is a 3.5bn payment that Athens must make to the European Central Bank next month.

无法偿还这笔债务将让希腊与津巴布韦、苏丹和古巴为伍，不过信用评级机构和欧元区官员坚称，此举不会影响希腊其他贷款。远比这更为重大的是希腊下月必须付给欧洲央行(ECB)的35亿欧元。

Markets tumbled at the start of the week’s trading yesterday but a later rally suggested that few anticipate a repeat of the contagion at the height of the eurozone debt crisis four years ago.

昨日金融市场在开始一周的交易之际普遍下挫，但后来的反弹似乎表明，没什么人预测4年前欧元区债务危机最严重时期的蔓延状况会重演。

Yesterday’s drama was sparked by Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras’ weekend decision to break off talks with his country’s creditors, call a snap referendum on their bailout offer and close the country’s banks. He has argued that a No vote would give him more leverage to strike a better deal for Greece.

触发昨日市场动荡的原因是希腊总理亚历克西斯•齐普拉斯(Alexis Tsipras)上周末决定停止与该国债权人的谈判，转而就债权人的纾困方案举行全民公投，同时关闭该国银行。他辩称，公投结果为“不”将为他撑腰，让他为希腊达成更有利协议。

But François Hollande, the French president, Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, and Matteo Renzi, the Italian prime minister, argued a No vote could lead to Greece leaving the eurozone.

但法国总统弗朗索瓦•奥朗德(François Hollande)、欧盟委员会(European Commission)主席让-克洛德•容克(Jean-Claude Juncker)以及意大利总理马泰奥•伦齐(Matteo Renzi)辩称，公投结果为“不”可能导致希腊脱离欧元区。