President European Central Bank, 2003-2011 - Jean-Claude Trichet

Greece is the economic sick man of Europe - staggering from one debt repayment deadline to the next, in grave danger of falling headlong into the hole labelled "default". The European Central Bank and a powerful bloc of eurozone countries led by Germany appear to have lost patience with the lefist Syriza Government in Athens. Hardtalk speaks to the former head of the European Central Bank, Jean-Claude Trichet. Is the eurozone about to be plunged into a new phase of existential crises?

Image: Jean-Claude Trichet in 2011. Credit: AP