European Council President Donald Tusk has convened a special Euro Summit on July 7 to discuss the situation after the referendum in Greece.
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There are no explicit provisions in European Union rules for summits of eurozone leaders, but they can be held in exceptional circumstances.
Several leaders have described the vote as an in-out decision on Greece’s euro membership.
Official results from close to 90 of Greece’s polling stations showed more than 61 percent of Greeks had voted “No” to creditor demands for further austerity in return for further bailout funds.
At a news conference, European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis said the gap between Greece and other Eurozone countries has widened after the referendum. “This result is very regrettable for the future of Greece“, Dijssebloem, the hardline Dutch finance minister, said in a statement.
Dijsselbloem, asked about the resignation of Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, said he had no personal problems with any individuals in the negotiations with Greece.
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Schulz, a German, said the Greek finance ministry’s promise that the banks will open Monday or Tuesday after a week of capital controls “seems to me very hard and unsafe”.
