With that very public suicide, Christoulas became what one Greek newspaper called a martyred victim of a crushing economic crisis that has created 21% unemployment, closed more than 111,000 businesses, left 500,000 people with no income and no hope and pushed many Greeks into poverty.
Sa tim vrlo javnim samoubistvom Kristulas je postao, kako je napisao jedan grčki list, žrtva-mučenik razarajuće ekonomske krize, koja je stvorila stopu nezaposlenosti od 21 odsto, dovela do zatvaranja preko 111.000 preduzeća, ostavila 500.000 ljudi bez prihoda i nade i gurnula puno Grka u siromaštvo.