Simon
Shuster / Athens
@shustry July 13, 2015
TIME
Of all the
aspects of Monday’s bailout deal that Greeks found humiliating, nothing drilled
into their sense of pride quite like their government’s promise to sell off
“valuable Greek assets” to the tune of 50 billion euros. The seven-page
agreement, which European leaders thrashed out over the weekend, made no
mention of where Greece is supposed to find that much property to sell. But as they
scrambled for options, officials in Athens
saw no way around the blood-curdling prospect of auctioning off Greek islands,
nature preserves or even ancient ruins.