Das Defizit in 2009 geht wahrscheinlich noch einige Zehntel Prozent über die bisher ermittelten 12,7 Prozent der Wirtschaftsleistung hinaus.
EU-Finanzministerkonferenz
Griechenlands Defizit wohl noch höher als bekannt
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Lesezeit: 2 Minuten
Von Paul Carrel und Ilona Wissenbach
Giorgos Papakonstantinou addresses the media at the EU finance ministers meeting in Brussels, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Finance ministers of the 27 EU nations review Greek austerity measures and other financial regulations reform to ease the financial crisis. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
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title="Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou speaks to media during his visit to the island of Kastelorizo, southeastern Greece on April 23, 2010. Greece went cap in hand to the EU and IMF today, appealing for up to 45 billion euros of urgent aid at low rates this year in a grim turn for the eurozone now threatened by Greek contagion. Papandreou made a dramatic televised statement on the "national need", admitting defeat in his attempts to stand against huge debt and deficits, onslaughts on financial markets, and hoping that German reticence can be overcome. 
