The implication is that tax collections have been so badly hit by the economic chaos since January’s election that government revenues are no longer sufficient to cover day-to-day costs. If this is true – nobody can say for sure because of the unreliability of Greek financial statistics (another of the EU authorities’ complaints) – the Greek government’s negotiating strategy is doomed.
于是，瓦鲁法基斯开始采取越来越绝望的措施，如冻结市政和医院的银行账户。其影响是自1月选举以来税收工作因为经济混乱而大受冲击，以至于政府收入已不足以覆盖日常成本。果真如此的话——没有人知道确切答案，因为希腊金融数据根本不可靠（这是另一件深受欧盟当局诟病的事）——希腊政府的谈判战略必将破产。