Much of Europe’s projects, not least the euro itself, now hinge on the tense political drama playing out in Athens.
The key figure is Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou and his role in the vortex of the European debt crisis.
Highly trained and trusted by his EU counterparts and the IMF, Mr. Papaconstantinou has been so demonized by many Greeks as the orchestrator of harsh EU-imposed spending cuts that some members of the governing Socialist Party now consider him untenable.
By Terence Roth and Costas Paris
WSJ
