# Professor Nicholas Economides on the challenges the Greek government faces following the referendum vote

1 Faculty News July 15, 2015 ![Bloomberg logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/bloomberg192x144.jpg?itok=yV529lwz)>

Excerpt from [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-16/tsipras-must-rebuild-government-after-wave-of-bailout-defections) -- "'The significant number of ‘no’ votes from Syriza, including by some of the ministers, puts Mr. Tsipras at a very difficult position,' said [Nicholas Economides](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/nicholas-economides), a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business. 'Either he has to continue as a minority government at the mercy of the votes of the pro-Europe opposition parties, or create a new coalition that includes the opposition parties, or call for elections.'"

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