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In general, it has borrowed 108 billion euros to cover the broader needs of the state and together with the repos, a hostage situation is created.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSo if we want to explain why the Greek Debt is stuck at 400.5 billion, the answer is simple: the hostage situation in the European Support Mechanisms and the hostage situation in the repos have trapped Greece.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAn unprecedented restructuring is taking place: as loans from the European Support Mechanisms decrease, these 216 billion, borrowing from the markets will increase, the 108 billion today.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThis picture will not change until 2035\u2026 so for many more years Greece will have stagnant debt.\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greece has taken out loans under English law worth 216 billion euros and these must be repaid and replaced with government bonds over a period of approximately 44 years, that is, they will be financed by the markets, banks and international investment funds. 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