This latest affirmation comes from a govt spokesman email

  • Tsipras told a meeting of colleagues yesterday that if Greece reaches sustainable agreement with creditors then the govt will carry it through itself, no matter how difficult
  • govt's only criteria is exit from crisis
  • if Europe insists on divisions and submission then the govt itself will make the decision to refuse deal

Bloomberg reporting

Not the first time we've heard this defiant rallying cry of no elections but there's a lot of negotiating to do if he is to reach that "sustainable agreement"

Tsipras- hoping not to have to go back to the electorate