I've said this before, and I will say it again now in view of the #EUCO meeting: not even at the peak of the Greek financial crisis was there such a strong anti-German momentum growing in #Greece. Berlin's decision to continuously shield Ankara is waking up long-forgotten wounds.

During the Greek crisis, anti-German feelings about the Berlin-led push for austerity were mostly expressed by the fringes (radical left + extreme right). Now what is seen from Athens as Berlin's clear alignment with Ankara is turning even the fiercest pro-EU centrists indignant.

The Greek PM is patient, methodical and values the good relationship he has built with the German Chancellor. Even if vexed, he would not pull a Varoufakian threatening gamble. But Berlin would be wrong to take this as a sign of tacit acceptance of its support for Ankara.

The European project is based on the understanding of a shared purpose, binding values and common interests. Right now — especially after what has been conceived by many Greeks as a punishing round of austerity imposed on it — Greece feels that EU does not exemplify any of these.

Germany's kowtowing to Turkey, eagerly supported by few EU MS with significant economic ties to Ankara, is alienating a vast portion of Greeks, across ideological lines, from the EU. Contrary to the debt crisis, this is conceived as a primary threat to its national sovereignty.