It was widely anticipated that Greece would be tempted to follow this route when the troika program was initiated. Last year, the new Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, confirmed the prediction, arguing that a primary surplus would give Greece the upper hand in any negotiations on debt restructuring, because it could just suspend repayments to the troika, without incurring any financing problems.
当三驾马车的计划刚刚启动时，人们广泛认为希腊也将走这条路。去年，新任希腊财政部长雅尼斯·瓦洛法基斯（Yanis Varoufakis）证实了人们的预测，他说，初级盈余将令希腊在一切债务重组谈判中赢得优势，因为它大可以中止向三驾马车偿付而不会引发任何金融问题。