Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou speaks during an economic policy speech aimed to soothe international markets increasingly worried by the country's ballooning public debt and budget deficit, in Athens, Dec. 14, 2009. Greece's debt has soared to a staggering euro 300 billion (US$ 442 billion), and the country has a 12.7 percent deficit.
(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)