Where is the Money?

Storyline

Where is the money? What happens when a new government takes power and discovers that the state could run out of money within a few days? We enter the first, crucial days of the SYRIZA-ANEL government in 2015 - at a time when pre-election promises clash with the harsh reality of public finances. At the General State Accounting Office, the picture is shocking. The State's available funds are not sufficient for the upcoming obligations with only 1.6 billion euros in cash and multiple payments ahead of it. "It was a terror," recalls the then General Director of Budget and Fiscal Policy, Stavroula Miliakou, describing the moment when the possibility of salaries and pensions not being paid ceases to be a theoretical scenario and becomes an immediate threat. With rare archival material, revealing interviews and intense narrative tension, the second episode records the first moments when the Greek government is faced with reality. Because when the treasury is empty, every decision counts.