Financial Crisis in Greece•Debt is $413.6 billion

•One of the worst countries with debt in Europe

Background Information• Prime Minister of Greece is George A.

Papandreou

• Government is Parliamentary Republic.

• Currency used is Euro

• Member of EU

Imports and Exports

• Greece imports twice as much as they export

• Greece's main industry is grape wineries/wine. One other crop is olives.

• Tourism is the main income for Greece

Civil Unrest• An estimated 60,000 people join to riot• Becoming more violent

How Greece is going to fix it

• Raise taxes on fuel, tobacco, and alcohol

• Raise the retirement age by 2 years

• Greeks are upset with government