Let's not absolve Greece of fault. They massively lied on their data to join the euro with a financial situation that was obviously not going to work in the long run. No way would Greece have gotten as much money in the 00s had they published their real data.
That said, the German opinion on Greece was(is?) pretty fucked yeah. Especially if you look at how often we ignore the situation for the average Greek in these discussions. A shitload of medically necessary operations were cancelled in the downsizing of the Greek state, even the democratic nature of the state itself was seized by the troika.
That said, the German opinion on Greece was(is?) pretty fucked yeah. Especially if you look at how often we ignore the situation for the average Greek in these discussions. A shitload of medically necessary operations were cancelled in the downsizing of the Greek state, even the democratic nature of the state itself was seized by the troika.