Greeks Head to Polls Divided on Vote to Chart New Course
A woman comes out of a polling booth during the Greek referendum in Athens on July 5, 2015. Nearly 10 million Greek voters headed to the polls today to vote in a historic, tightly fought referendum on whether to accept worsening austerity in exchange for more bailout funds, in a gamble that could see it crash out of the euro. AFP PHOTO / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI (Photo credit should read LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images)
Photographer: LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty ImagesGreeks are heading to the polls Sunday, evenly split on a referendum to chart a new course in their five-year economic crisis.
“Come Monday, Greece won’t be facing just massive economic problems; it will be a deeply divided country,” said Nikos Marantzidis, a pollster and professor of political science at the University of Macedonia in northern Greece. “If the economic situation deteriorates further, which it probably will, the divide will only run deeper.”