But previous Greek governments egregiously violated those limits. The Papandreou government, elected in October 2009 with a mandate to clean house, revealed that the budget deficit reached 12.7% of GDP in 2009, shocking both the European authorities and the markets.
欧元的创始国设定了共同遵守的 马斯垂克条约 。但希腊政府过分地挑战这些底线。 2009 年 10 月当选的帕潘德里欧政府试图做出清新姿态，揭露出 2009 年的政府赤字已经达到 GDP 的 12.9% ，这大大震惊了欧洲各国政府和欧洲市场。