The following is a full transcript of The Wall Street Journal’s interview with Jeroen Dijsselbloem—Dutch finance chief and president of the eurozone finance ministers’ group—on the race to pull together a Greek rescue.

WSJ: I want to get an idea of the most dramatic moments in the last two weeks, starting maybe from the outcome of the referendum to Monday morning and since then.

Jeroen Dijsselbloem: I suppose one of the most dramatic moments was the moment we heard about the referendum, because we were, in my mind, quite close to a deal, certainly on the package of measures that were required. Of course there were still open issues about financing needs and debt, but I was confident that we could resolve those. So I was surprised that all of a sudden they left, and said we will take this to a referendum, with a negative advice. So that was pretty dramatic also in terms of how to strengthen trust and get some confidence between Greece and the other euro partners.

WSJ: Where were you when you found out? How did you find out?

JD: I think it was sometime late at night, wasn’t it? So very early morning, when I got up I heard.