More Greeks Want to Stay in EU Since Syriza Election – EU Diplomat

Since the election of the new government in Greece, the number of people who support Greece’s membership in the EU has grown, according to EU envoy to Russia Vygaudas Usackas.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The number of Greeks that would prefer that their country remains within the EU has been on the rise since the new government was elected in January, EU envoy to Russia Vygaudas Usackas said Tuesday.

"Recent polls conducted in Greece showed that people's support for their country's membership in the European Union grew since the formation of the new government," Usackas told Govorit Moskva radio station.

He added that the European Union has already allocated millions of dollars to support Greece, which is currently in deep economic and financial crisis. He stressed that in 2011, the European Union agreed to write off 50 percent of Greece's debt.

The January election win of Greece's anti-austerity Syriza party, which vowed to revise the country's bailout terms dictated by the troika of international creditors, comprising the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund, has created much uncertainty regarding Greece's future in the Eurozone.

Earlier in March, Germany's finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said he could not 'rule out' the possibility of Greece leaving the Eurozone. EU Commissioner Pierre Moscovici, in turn, said that Greece's possible exit from the Eurozone would lead to disastrous consequences for the European Union.