It was not until 2009 when Greece admitted that its budget deficit was not 3.7% but 14%. At the time tax evasion was rife, two-thirds of Greek doctors reported incomes of less than €12,000, and famously a group of orthodox monks managed to persuade ministers to swap a worthless lake in the north of the country for €1bn of prime government property.
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