Greece Reaches Financing Deal with Eurozone: Religious Debt Relief Coalition Issues Statem

Eric LeCompte, executive director of the religious development organization Jubilee USA, issues the following statement:

"It's too early to tell if this deal will work, but I'm skeptical. It's important that they can extend debt payments into the future, but no debt relief and more austerity is a recipe for more of the same for Greece.

"The International Monetary Fund is right that Greece needs debt relief to end this crisis. Without debt relief, it's hard to believe Greece can grow its economy. ‎

"The Greek people voted clearly against austerity because they've seen its impact first hand.

"In the long run, we need an international bankruptcy process to avoid more and more crises like this one‎."

Jubilee USA Network is an alliance of more than 75 US organizations and 400 faith communities working with 50 Jubilee global partners. Jubilee's mission is to build an economy that serves, protects and promotes the participation of the most vulnerable. Jubilee USA has won critical global financial reforms and more than $130 billion in debt relief to benefit the world's poorest people. www.jubileeusa.org

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