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A DIARY OF HER
DESTRUCTION
WORLD CUP
3 IS LUCKIEST
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AT DIOR,
REFLECTING
A REALITY GAP
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TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2015
Germany holds
line on Greek debt
ATHENS
Berlin’s position opens
rift in E.U. after Tsipras
takes conciliatory steps
BY LIZ ALDERMAN
AND JACK EWING
CHRISTOPHER FURLONG/GETTY IMAGES — AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Graffiti on Monday altered a sign on the Bank of Greece in Athens to read ‘‘Bank of Merkel.’’ The government extended a bank holiday set to end Tuesday through Wednesday.
Clinton camp wary of challenge from left
Sanders’s strong showing
raises concerns she will
lose Iowa caucuses again
BY AMY CHOZICK
AND PATRICK HEALY
With Senator Bernie Sanders showing
unexpected strength in fund-raising
and opinion polls, concerns are growing
among Hillary Rodham Clinton’s allies
and some advisers who foresee a sce-
nario in which the socialist from Vermont could overtake her in Iowa polls
by fall and even defeat her in the nation’s first nominating contest there.
Mr. Sanders’s rising fortunes pose a
bind for the Clinton team. Directly challenging the senator on his policies and
record could elevate his candidacy,
alienate some liberal Democrats and
make Mrs. Clinton look anxious. Yet
continuing the current strategy — vigorously courting voters while hoping they
conclude that Mr. Sanders is unelectable
— requires Mrs. Clinton to put faith in an
Iowa electorate that broke her heart
seven years ago by choosing Barack
Obama (and John Edwards) over her.
The talk among Mrs. Clinton’s supporters about Mr. Sanders is driven, in
part, by a desire to lower expectations
for her in Iowa and other states with
caucuses, a political system in which
voters debate the strengths and weakness of candidates, and one that she has
struggled to master.
Those who see Mrs. Clinton as being
at risk in Iowa say she is still far better
positioned to win the nomination than
Mr. Sanders, who lags by double digits in
Iowa polling. He also has far less money
than she does, and his socialist leanings
are anathema to many Americans. How
deftly her campaign runs against Mr.
Sanders’s, especially if he gains ground,
remains an open question.
‘‘Certainly she could lose Iowa,’’ said
Joe Trippi, a veteran Democratic
strategist who managed Howard
Dean’s 2004 campaign. If that
happened, Mr. Trippi said, ‘‘mostly
they’d just have to ride out the punditry
IOWA, PAGE 5
Germany struck a hard line with Athens
on Monday after Greek voters rejected
Europe’s austerity policies in a referendum, intensifying pressure on Prime
Minister Alexis Tsipras to restart bailout talks and opening a rift with European countries that appeared more inclined now to consider softening the
push for austerity.
Mr. Tsipras moved quickly to take advantage of the result of the vote, shuffling his cabinet and persuading most
opposing political parties to join him in
his basic demands from the country’s
creditors, including discussions on debt
relief and providing aid to bolster the
Greek economy in the short run.
But Greece remained close to financial collapse, with both the banking system and the government quickly running out of money. To the degree that
any negotiations drag on for days or
weeks, the pressure on Greece will only
grow, potentially undercutting the jubilation felt among the overwhelming majority of Greeks who voted on Sunday
against accepting additional austerity.
The government decided Monday that
a bank holiday scheduled to end Tuesday
would now be extended through
Wednesday, and said that a withdrawal
cap of 60 euros, or $67, per day from
A.T.M. machines, in place since last
week, could be tightened. An announcement with the details was expected on
Monday evening. During the day Monday, long lines formed again at cash machines throughout Athens as people continued to withdraw whatever they could.
If a deal for emergency financial aid
or a reduction of the nation’s mountainous debt is not struck soon, Greece will
probably default on its international
debts this month and have even more
trouble than it already is paying civil
servants and pensioners. Should Greece
run out of euros in the absence of a deal,
it could soon be forced to issue a parallel
currency or i.o.u.’s to pay its domestic
bills, leading it out of the euro currency.
Mr. Tsipras on Monday took the first
steps toward conciliation with Greece’s
creditors. The combative finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, abruptly resigned
at Mr. Tsipras’s behest, and was replaced by Euclid Tsakalotos, an Oxfordeducated economist who took over from
Mr. Varoufakis as Greece’s lead negotiator in April.
After a six-hour meeting, the leaders
of Greece’s five main political parties issued a statement saying they wanted
any negotiation to include a discussion
of relief from the country’s debt load — a
key sticking point with creditors — as
well as immediate help to keep the banks
afloat, quick economic aid to tackle unemployment and new bailout money to
cover its current debt obligations.
In return, the statement said, Greece
would be willing to deliver ‘‘credible reforms based on the fair distribution of
the burden and the promotion of growth
with the smallest possible recessionary
impact.’’
Germany, the eurozone country to
which Greece owes the most money and
the one that has tended to take the hard-
GREECE, PAGE 4
WORLD MARKETS DIP AFTER GREEK VOTE
Investors reacted with muted dismay
to the results and showed nervousness
about China’s stock market. PAGE 16
THREATS TO EUROPE’S CLOSER UNION
The Greek debt crisis is just one of four
major challenges facing ‘‘Project
Europe,’’ Paul Taylor writes. PAGE 20
Merkel faces pressure
to guide E.U. in crisis
BERLIN
Even as artifacts in museums,
Confederate flags stir emotions
RICHMOND, VA.
BY SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
KHUE BUI FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
A flag from the vault of the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Va. New times — and
declining attendance at such museums in the South — demand new ideas, officials say.
One floor below street level in the Museum of the Confederacy here, at the
end of a cinder-block hallway behind
two sets of locked double doors, a climate-controlled vault contains the
world’s largest collection of some of the
most revered and reviled objects in
American history: Confederate-era
flags.
Here, painstakingly preserved and
cataloged, are more than 550 wartime
silk, wool and cotton flags. One, fashioned from bridal clothes, has the word
‘‘Home’’ in blue applique, encircled
with blue stars. Another features an oil
painting of Pocahontas. Still another,
the now-controversial Southern Cross
battle flag was once owned by Tad Lincoln, a son of the former president. It
hangs in a gallery upstairs.
As the museum’s chief historian and
author of a scholarly book on the flag,
John M. Coski, a slender and slightly
rumpled 56-year-old, works hard to
bring its various versions to light — part
of what he calls a ‘‘conscious effort’’ by
officials of the 119-year-old institution to
‘‘modernize from a shrine’’ to the old
South into ‘‘a modern, Smithsonian-like
museum.’’
But as debate rages across the South
FLAG, PAGE 8
INSIDE TO DAY ’S PA P E R
ONLINE AT INY T.COM
Haggling over Iran sanctions
Soccer group plans overhaul
Bubbling just beneath the surface in the
drawn out nuclear negotiations, the
issue of lifting all United Nations
sanctions has taken on a larger
meaning. WORLD NEWS, 4
Concacaf, the governing body in North
America and environs, is proposing
such changes as term limits for its top
officials. nytimes.com/soccer
Veterans lead healing in Vietnam
A book and a film series at the Museum
of Modern Art explores the contributions
that Technicolor and its processes have
made to filmmaking. nytimes.com/movies
Technicolor turns 100
A visit to Washington by the leader of
Vietnam’s Communist Party is seen as a
strong statement on the establishment
of diplomatic relations. WORLD NEWS, 3
Nonprofit groups are supposed to limit
their political activity, but the I.R.S.
appears powerless to stop the
onslaught of money coursing through
them. nytimes.com/politics
Roger Cohen
Line Webtoon, a portal for free digital
comics that was founded in South
Korea, is joining with the American
comics icon Stan Lee for its push into
the United States. nytimes.com/media
Industry insiders say the trend of
offering a wider selection of gaythemed comic books echoes America’s
evolving attitudes. BUSINESS, 17
As chancellor of Germany, Angela
Merkel leads a nation that prizes fiscal
rectitude and adherence to the rules,
and, after pledging tens of billions in
bailout programs for five years, has expressed scant sympathy for Greece’s
demand for more financial help.
As de facto leader of Europe, Ms.
Merkel faces a very different set of responsibilities, starting with maintaining
European unity in general and holding
the euro currency together in particular.
In the wake of Greece’s landslide vote
on Sunday to reject bailout terms that
had been offered by its creditors, Ms.
FABRIZIO BENSCH/REUTERS
Ms. Merkel’s domestic critics may be emboldened by Greece’s rejection of a deal.
Merkel now confronts greater pressure
than ever to resolve those clashing sensibilities — a challenge that will test her
leadership abilities and help determine
Europe’s direction at a pivotal moment.
‘‘This has taken on a political dimension that far exceeds the economics,’’
said Jan Techau, director of Carnegie
MERKEL, PAGE 4
VERSAILLES
NOVEMBER 17–18, 2015
Digital comics site looks to expand
The European Union should give Alexis
Tsipras what he wants. It’s the only way
to make the Greek prime minister face
up to his responsibilities. OPINION, 7
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