IMF Special Report: Greek Default? Bring It On
Compassion fatigue in Germany and elsewhere is on the rise. It appears increasingly likely that Greece might accommodate calls for its default, leave the euro and possibly spark an implosion of European institutions.
Steve Rosenbush
December 17, 2025
A customer exits a boarded-up branch of the Hellenic Post in central Athens, Greece, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. Greece's ability to avoid default hangs in the balance as international monitors prepare to assess whether Prime Minister George Papandreou can meet the conditions of rescue loans. Photographer: Kostas Tsironis/Bloomberg
Kostas Tsironis/Bloomberg
