A possible rift between Greece’s SYRIZA-led government and the country’s creditors would lead to the immediate increase of the state debt by some 100 billion euros, as the cash flow supplied to Greek banks via the emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) mechanism burdens the Bank of Greece and not the European Central Bank. Therefore, should banks be unable to return the money borrowed, this would hurt the Bank of Greece, and therefore the Greek state.
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