It is true that at the time of independence, there were over 500 native or princely states, which had a complex net of relationships with the colonial government in terms of paramountcy. They had to be integrated into a constitutional framework of a federation.
This will be the culmination of much hard work on the part of the Greek government to comply with the terms of the agreement made in summer 2015. It is really significant effort, with very substantial reforms, and I think we can all be pleased that we are approaching the end of this phase of the discussions.