2 the Federal Government's deficit, as a result, the debt of the Government of Greece soared to 112.6% of GDP in 2552 (2009), which is higher than the appropriate level by European Union groups defined through almost 2 times. The European Union group, which defined the level not exceeding 60% of GDP if considering these two figures is considered to be a very high number. Compared to other countries in the Eurozone group.