Greece debt crisis: Banks stay shut as endgame looms Published duration 9 July 2015 Related Topics Greece debt crisis

media caption Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said that the country ''needs an agenda for growth''

The Greek government has extended bank closures and a €60 (£43; $66) daily limit on ATM withdrawals until Monday.

The curbs were imposed on 28 June, after a deadlock in bailout talks with creditors led to a rush of withdrawals.

The European Central Bank has decided not to increase support for Greek banks until the debt crisis is resolved.

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras says he will submit "credible" reform plans on Thursday - ahead of a Sunday deadline by the EU to find a solution.

An emergency summit will involve all 28 EU members - not just the 19 eurozone countries.

European Council President Donald Tusk has warned that this was now the "most critical moment in the history of the eurozone".

"The final deadline ends this week," he said after emergency talks of the eurozone leaders in Brussels on Tuesday.

Greece is desperate for a third bailout to avoid bankruptcy and possibly crashing out of the euro currency.

'Acute crisis'

"The bank holiday is extended to July 13," the finance ministry said in a statement late on Wednesday.

image copyright Reuters image caption There are fears that Greek banks may be running out of cash

The announcement came after the European Central Bank - which has been providing emergency liquidity to keep Greek banks from collapsing - said it would leave its current level of support unchanged.

Greece's last international bailout programme expired on 30 June and it missed an International Monetary Fund (IMF) payment.

Mr Tsipras, speaking during a fractious debate on the Greek debt crisis in the European Parliament on Wednesday, criticised previous bailouts for turning Greece into an "austerity laboratory".

He was speaking after the Greek people decisively rejected the latest proposals from creditors in Sunday's referendum.

media caption Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was greeted with both cheers and boos as he arrived to address the European Parliament

In an address in Washington on Wednesday, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde reiterated that debt restructuring alongside a programme of reforms was the only way forward for the stricken Greek economy.

"Greece is in a situation of acute crisis, which needs to be addressed seriously and promptly," she said.

Meanwhile, the Greek government has insisted that there is no threat to food and fuel supplies.

In a statement, the Ministry of Economy, Infrastructures, Maritime Affairs and Tourism "reassures both the Greek citizens and the visitors (tourists) that there are adequate food supplies in the market and that their prices remain stable".

Greek scenarios

Greece's creditors - the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund - have already provided more than €200bn in two bailouts since a rescue plan began five years ago.

Sources say Athens is requesting a fresh three-year loan in exchange for reforms.

Crisis countdown

image copyright Reuters image caption Greek pensioners have struggled to receive payments

Thursday 9 July: deadline for Greece to submit proposals

Saturday 11 July: eurozone finance ministers meet

Sunday 12 July: all 28 members of the European Union meet to decide Greece's fate

Monday 20 July: €3bn payment due from Greece to the European Central Bank

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