It hardly helped that the negotiations between Greece and its creditors produced a growing mistrust in the competence and intentions of Syriza. Devious and erratic negotiating tactics, coupled with secret schemes to prepare – as part of a “Plan B” – for an exit from the euro, undermined the government’s trustworthiness, leading even Paul Krugman to admit: “I may have overestimated the competence of the Greek government.”
希腊及其债权人的谈判让人们日益怀疑左翼联盟的能力和动机，这无助于解决问题。诡异多变的谈判策略，加上秘密准备退出欧元区的计划——“B计划”的一部分——损害了左翼联盟政府的信誉，就连保罗·克鲁格曼也承认：“我也许高估了希腊政府的胜任能力。”