{"id":858,"date":"2010-09-29T11:55:45","date_gmt":"2010-09-29T11:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=858"},"modified":"2017-01-19T16:22:37","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T16:22:37","slug":"two-years-after-europe-in-the-red","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=858","title":{"rendered":"Europe in debt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People across the worst hit countries by the proposed austerity measures to reduce national debt levels <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2010\/sep\/29\/workers-europe-protest-cuts\" target=\"_blank\">gathered on the streets of many European cities<\/a> to protest against public spending cuts. The financial crash hugely affected many government across the EU with little signs of a quick recovery of the public debt levels.<br \/>\nThe following map shows how Europe is left in deficit two years after Lehman (and that in fact the EURO zone isn&#8217;t worse off than EU members without the common currency). There may be signs of recovery, but this picture will certainly stay with us for a while:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/EU_deficit.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/EU_deficit2009_600.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Europe in debt: map of government deficit\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/EU_deficit.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">(click for larger version)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<em>The content on this page has been created by Benjamin Hennig. 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