More generally, major IMF shareholders, the European Union, and the United States have a vital interest in stabilizing Greece to safeguard French and German banks and preserve NATO unity. Desmon Lachman, a former deputy director of the IMF’s policy department, has called the institution a slush fund, abused by its political masters during the Greek crisis.
IMF给希腊贷款在很大程度上是出于政治原因。首先，危机爆发时，时任IMF总裁斯特劳斯-卡恩（Dominique Strauss-Kahn）在法国总统选举中领先。更一般地说，IMF主要股东——欧盟和美国在稳定希腊以捍卫法国和德国银行和保持北约团结方面存在重要利益。IMF政策部门前副主管拉赫曼（Desmon Lachman）说IMF是一个行贿基金，在希腊危机中被其政治“主人”所滥用。