La Grèce entre défaut et “explosion d’une révolution”

Infographie : François Descheemaekere

Greece Between Default and ‘the Explosion of Revolution’

[The New York Times]

Another deadline came and went in Athens as Greece pushed back till Tuesday a meeting of government leaders to agree on a painful set of spending cuts, lest the country be denied another round of European aid and be forced to default on its debts.

Our colleagues Niki Kitsantonis and David Jolly report that Greece will cut 15,000 state jobs this year, against the backdrop of an already ailing economy. Greece’s debt rose to 159.1 percent of gross domestic product in the third quarter of 2011 from 138.8 percent a year earlier, according to data released Monday by Eurostat, the European Union statistical agency.
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