CRI听力:EU Presses Greece for New Proposals to Restart Talks

European officials are pressing Greece to come up with serious proposals in order to restart financial aid talks, a day after the country voted overwhelmingly against new bailout terms setting more austerity measures.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is due to address a summit of eurozone leaders on Tuesday.

After a meeting in Pairs with French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed the importance of Greece taking "responsibility" for reforming its economy.

"We're saying very clearly that the door for talks remains open. But at the same time, we're saying that the preconditions to enter negotiations for a concrete European stability program are not given at this time. This means that tomorrow, it will be important that the Greek prime minister tells us how to proceed, and what precise proposals he can offer us regarding a mid-term program that will lead Greece back into prosperity and growth."

For his part, Hollande also urged the Greek government to make serious, credible proposals for the country to stay in the euro zone.

Eurozone finance ministers are to meet first before the leaders' meeting.

In a sign that Athens is keen to seek a new deal, Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has resigned, apparently under pressure from other eurozone finance ministers who did not want him as a negotiating partner.

He has been replaced by Greece's lead negotiator Euclid Tsakalotos, who has vowed to capitalize on Sunday's referendum to seek a sustainable solution to the country's debt crisis.

"They resisted and they said that this land deserves something better. We cannot accept a non-sustainable solution. The vote has class characteristics. Ordinary people, working people, the middle class, those who lost their businesses, said that they want to trust a government that will bring us a sustainable solution."

In another development, the European Central Bank has decided to keep a tight grip on funding to Greek banks, which have been closed for more than a week to avoid a massive outflow of money that could lead to their collapse.

The ECB has also decided to raise the amount of collateral Greek banks must post for any loans.

Banks in Greece are to stay closed on Tuesday and Wednesday.

They had been due to reopen on Tuesday, but the Greek banking association decided to extend the bank holiday following talks on Monday.