> If Greece won't be getting money from the IMF they will after all need to find a new monetary partner. Why do they need a monetary partner? As opposed to re

> If Greece won't be getting money from the IMF they will after all need to find a new monetary partner. Why do they need a monetary partner? As opposed to reverting to what they had before euro, their own currency? I can see how Greece might try to threaten other Euro countries with "if you don't give us more money, we will give military bases to Russia and prevent EU from helping Ukraine", but that's not really a monetary partnership with Russia.