In the summer of 2015, it remains a place-station in modern Greek political history, with memories still provoking intense discussions and conflicting valuations on the part of European and Greek politicians. In spite of the different political starting pointsa common meeting point seems to be intense review To the “troika” – the well -known “institutions” that were later renamed, namely the executives of the European Commission, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Central Bank (ECB).

Divide by referendum and third memorandum

MEPs who spoke to Deutsche Welle give different views on the events of 2015, and especially the referendum that divided the country and the third memorandum that followed. The head of the Euro-Group of the Left, Martin Shirdevanpoints out that the then prime minister Alexis Tsipras made every effort under unprecedented pressures. As DW tells, *”Tsipras worked tirelessly, under the adverse conditions, to prevent at least the worst consequences of the forced measures imposed by the ‘institutions’ on the daily lives of the Greeks” *. But limited to its success, due to the harsh policy of austerity and the goal of lenders to make Greece * example to avoid * for the whole of Europe.

Opposite approaches from the political spectrum

In contrast, the New Democracy MEP George He believes that the third memorandum was unnecessary, attributing responsibilities to the then government for the referendum of “yes” or “NO”. *”The government’s jokes were the referendum … Tsipras said that ‘NO’ was for the Juncker plan. But it was a caress the Juncker plan. And then came the third Memorandum, which took 75 billion from the pensioners, took 60 billion from the market and sent Greece to Kaiada. “

Recovery and “share” of success

The question about who is credited with the economic recovery of recent years is dividing the political landscape. George Autias gives credit to the Greek people, but also to the manipulations of today’s prime minister Kyriakou Mitsotakis. He emphasizes that *”from 2019 onwards, without any new tax, but by identifying tax evasion and with a neat economic policy, Greece has brought Greece among countries that have no deficit” *. On the other hand, the former President of the European Parliament, Martin Schultzhe believes that the present government enjoys the benefits of Tsipras’s government policies. Martin Shardevan also expresses a similar view, commenting that *”When one assumes a historical responsibility and faces the biggest problems, then his successors have an easier task” *.

The imposition of measures and the role of the troika

Despite the search for new “equivalent measures” whenever the issue of austerity came back, the harsh reality remains: most measures were dictated directly from the troika, translated and translated into the country, as George Ekias emphasizes. *”The troika took the measures. They were designed, written in English and came to Greece and translated into Athens. The Katrougalou law was written abroad and came to Greece translated. Greek politicians did not have the power to impose memorandum measures. The measures came from the troika, dot and dash. That’s why it was in Athens all the time. “

Ten years later, the wounds of the time may still be noticeable, revealing that the dialogue about who is responsible, who benefited and who paid, remains as timely as ever.