A family divided: Emotions run high ahead of Greek vote

The Danikoglous, an articulate Greek family is divided over whether or not the country should accept conditions by creditors

Dimitris is voting "yes" because he fears Greece would be in danger if it leaves the European Union. His daughter Alexandra is voting "no" because she is tired of richer European nations bossing Greece around.

His son, Nikolas, is on his side and he thinks polarized Greece may be on the verge of a civil war while his wife Dimitra distrusts both the Yes and the No campaigns and doesn't plan to vote in today's momentous Greek referendum.

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Meet the Danikoglous, an intense, articulate Greek family divided over whether or not the country should accept conditions by creditors attached to loans it needs to avoid default and a banking collapse.

The ballot question does not address whether Greece should abandon the euro currency or leave the 28-member European Union, but many voters believe those issues are at stake.

In their apartment in the working-class Athens neighborhood of Tavros, the family members squabble over espresso frappes and fruit juice. But they don't fight.

They are united in their belief that only as a strong family can they weather the coming storm. And they share a sense that Greece, so rich with history and culture, has fallen tragically short of its potential.