Earlier this year, while I was representing Greece -- the newly elected Greek government -- in the Eurogroup as its Finance Minister, I was told in no uncertain terms that our nation's democratic process -- our elections -- could not be allowed to interfere with economic policies that were being implemented in Greece.
Awal tahun ini, ketika saya masih mewakili Yunani -- pemerintah Yunani yang baru dilantik -- sebagai Menteri Keuangan di Eurogroup, mereka mengatakan bahwa proses demokrasi di negara kami -- pemilu kami -- sama sekali tidak bisa mencampuri kebijakan ekonomi yang diterapkan di Yunani.