The last bailout program from the “troika" (the International Monetary Fund, the ECB, and the European Commission), initiated in 2010, foresees a primary budget surplus (which excludes interest payments) of 4% of GDP this year. That would be slightly more than is needed to cover interest payments, and would thus allow Greece finally to begin to reduce its debt.
相对较低的债务维持成本也使得左翼联盟结束紧缩的要求站不住脚。“三驾马车”（国际货币基金组织、欧洲央行和欧盟委员会）的最新援助计划始于2010年，原本计划今年出现相当于GDP的4%的（不含利息偿付的）初级预算盈余。这个数字将略高于希腊利息偿付负担，因此能够使希腊最终开始减少债务。