希腊大选对希腊的意义.ppt

* What will Greek elections mean for the countrys future? 英贸（二班） 孙莹 Why is Greece in trouble Greece was living beyond its means 平均值 before it joined the euro. After it adopted the single currency, public spending soared.Public sector wages, for example, rose 50% between 1999 and 2007-far faster than in other eurozone countries. And while money flowed out of the governments coffers, its income was hit by widespread tax evasion. So, after years of overspending, its budget deficit 赤字 - the difference between spending and income - spiralled out of control. When the global financial downturn hit, Greece was ill-prepared to cope. Debt levels reached the point where the country was no longer able to repay its loans, and was forced to ask for help from its European partners and the IMF in the form of massive loans. In Greece,there are three largest parties: the Coalition of the Radical Left 左派政党联盟 which is the anti-austerity party , New Democracy 新民主党 and Panhellenic Socialist Movement PASOK 泛希腊社会主义运动 which are the pro-austerity parties and have dominated Greek for 38 years. Political support has splintered, and smaller parties have gained in response to the financial crisis which has wracked the country for almost two years. At the 6 May election, Greeces political parties have failed to form a working coalition following voters rejection earlier this month of austerity measures 财政紧缩政策 insisted upon by the EU and the IMF, so the Greeks will return to the polls on the 17th. June. The First Election in Greece Greek political leaders from left to right Aleka Papariga, Evangelos Venizelos, Antonis Samaras, Greek President Karolos Papoulias, Alexis Tsipras, Panos Kammenos and Fotis Kouvelis meet at the presidential palace in Athens, May 16, 2012. The Second Election in Greece If the anti-austerity 反财政紧缩 parties win, Greece will attempt to renegotiate the terms of its loans from EU and IMF. Unless German Chancellor Angela Merkel 默克尔 softens her stance on austerity,