The EU was haunted by the ghosts of 2011. As the Financial Times noted, Brussels was “sensitive to accusations” that “the EU was complicit in ending the tenure of George Papandreou, Greece’s prime minister . . . and Silvio Berlusconi.”50 But the Eurogroup made no secret of the fact that they wanted Tsipras to ditch Varoufakis and the left wing of his party.
