{"id":712,"date":"2010-03-24T07:30:22","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T07:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=712"},"modified":"2017-09-29T10:11:17","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T10:11:17","slug":"dont-throw-bricks-european-debt-levels-compared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=712","title":{"rendered":"European debt levels in 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alistair Darling is just about to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/uk\/budget\" target=\"_blank\">announce the UK&#8217;s budget<\/a> this Wednesday in the run-up to the forthcoming General Election, while the Eurozone countries stew over the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/business\/2010\/mar\/22\/greek-cuts-make-debt-crisis-worse\" target=\"_blank\">fate of Greece<\/a> and its implications for the European currency. In the reality of a world economic crisis, it&#8217;s everyone for himself, and Europe seems far from being a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2010\/mar\/23\/european-union-single-government\" target=\"_blank\">united community<\/a>.<br \/>\nThe following map compares the total debt of the EU-27 countries and the debt&#8217;s share of the GDP &#8211; revealing some interesting views: In sheer numbers, the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/business\/8510603.stm\" target=\"_blank\">PIGS<\/a> are not alone (Greece, in fact, almost not counting). Eventually, we&#8217;re all in the same boat in the sea of gloom (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/EUdebt2010.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">click map for larger view<\/a>)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/EUdebt2010.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Map of debt and the debt\/gdp ratio in the countries of the European Union 2010\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/EUdebt2010.jpg\" alt=\"Map of debt and the debt\/gdp ratio in the countries of the European Union 2010\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The content on this page has been created by Benjamin Hennig. Please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?page_id=631\" target=\"_blank\">contact me<\/a> for further details on the terms of use.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alistair Darling is just about to announce the UK&#8217;s budget this Wednesday in the run-up to the forthcoming General Election, while the Eurozone countries stew over the fate of Greece and its implications for the European currency. 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