Greece largely succeeded in following the dictate set by the “troika” (the European Commission the ECB, and the IMF): it converted a primary budget deficit into a primary surplus. But the contraction in government spending has been predictably devastating: 25% unemployment, a 22% fall in GDP since 2009, and a 35% increase in the debt-to-GDP ratio.
希腊在遵循“三驾马车”（欧盟委员会、欧洲央行和IMF）所制定的政策方面相当成功：其初级预算已从赤字转为盈余。但政府支出的收缩不出意料地产生了灾难性后果：失业率高达25%，GDP从2009年以来减少22%，债务-GDP比率增加35%。而如今，随着反紧缩的左翼联盟（Syriza）在大选中赢得压倒性胜利，希腊选民终于表示他们受够了。