The Greek Debt Crisis’s Most Shocking Suggestion: "Sell the Acropolis"

The Greek Debt Crisis’s Most Shocking Suggestion: "Sell the Acropolis"

Former European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. Public Domain Former European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker reflected on the darkest days of the Greek financial crisis and revealed that a European minister proposed that Greece sell the Acropolis to settle its debts. In a candid interview for the SKAI documentary To the Millimeter (Στο Χιλιοστό) with journalists Eleni Varvitsioti and Victoria Dendrinou, Juncker painted a grim…

Juncker claims EU official suggested selling the Acropolis during Greek debt crisis

Former European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has claimed a European Union finance minister once suggested selling the Acropolis of Athens during Greece’s debt crisis to help repay the country’s debt. Speaking in the Skai TV documentary Sto Xiliosto, Juncker said the remark was made during a Eurogroup meeting amid the height of the financial crisis, when Greece faced growing pressure from European partners over its economic situation.…