This is against all economic reason . They are already running a balance budget which shows that they have reformed their spending at least . They also lost 25 % of GDP , if they reformed more they would simply have cut BNP and increased unemployment even more . It is not beneficial to suddenly start cutting spending during a recession due to the fiscal multiplier . Still they were forced to do so , but according to what logic should they have done more ? I doubt you will find a single economist behind you . When it comes to structural reforms you are too optimistic . You can not just adopt a German system in a few days , but I am sure Syriza would do that with for instance taxes if they could . Still I don ' t get why EU need to be that involved in decision made in Greece . Economics is not some kind of science that you just learn about and adopt into your country . The troika can send many lists of reforms and sure many thing may be good or can be implemented in Greece at some way . However thinking that just implementing that list would magically solve all problems is just wishful thinking .