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HARDtalk: George Papaconstantinou, Greek Finance Minister

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11/01/2010

George Papaconstantinou, Greek Finance Minister

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Zeinab Badawi talks to Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou.

Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou describes his plans to save his country from bankruptcy. With Zeinab Badawi.

Greece is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. The country is now the sick man of Europe and the Commision is losing patience with it. The shock therapy that the new government is introducing threatens to ignite social protests. 

The Finance Minister, George Papaconstantinou, is trying to steer the country through these choppy waters but can he do it? With Zeinab Badawi.

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