greeks once again hit the streets of athens to campaign against prime minister seat presses all sterrett in measures in return for bailout funds the greek government has had to agree to implement at times severe cuts to social benefits and pensions now though it seems the country may have survived the worst starting this august greece will no longer be on financial life support the e.u. and i.m.f. bailouts will have worked their magic after eight long years greece will finally be graduating from its financial assistance to greece giant. spain cyprus in my own country portugal in the ranks of euro area countries that turned around their economies and once again stand on their own feet one last instalment of fifteen billion euros and then it's over for solidarity from the euro area for greece in exchange for the reforms an adjustment is unprecedented it's the biggest solidarity the world has ever seen and who doesn't want to believe in this tale of athenian success after all has no shortage of other problems confronting the e.u. . like brics it for example airbus warns it might leave the u