EU, IMF och ECB made a fateful mistake. Instead of allowing Greece to default on its insurmountable debts to private creditors, they chose to lend it the money to pay in full.

Greece's onerous obligations to the IMF, the European Central Bank and European governments can be traced back to April 2010, 

when they made a fateful mistake. Instead of allowing Greece to default on its insurmountable debts to private creditors, they chose to lend it the money to pay in full.


Ashoka Mody, Bruegel 21st April 2015


- Den stora risken var att Grekland skulle utlösa en kris i italienska, franska och tyska banker. 

Nu finns i praktiken en EU-garanti för de utestående grekiska statsobligationerna.


Anders Borg, TT februari 2012

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