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Summary Box: Deal gets mixed reception in Greece

Updated 03:26 p.m., Tuesday, February 21, 2012

  • Pedestrians pass next to an hourglass graffiti as a shoe shiner is seen in the background in Athens, Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. Eurozone finance ministers are set to meet on Monday in Brussels where close to a euro 130 billion ($171 billion) bailout to help Greece avoid bankruptcy will be decided in the wake of huge protests against austerity measures called for by the Greek caretaker government. Photo: Thanassis Stavrakis / AP
    Pedestrians pass next to an hourglass graffiti as a shoe shiner is seen in the background in Athens, Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. Eurozone finance ministers are set to meet on Monday in Brussels where close to a euro 130 billion ($171 billion) bailout to help Greece avoid bankruptcy will be decided in the wake of huge protests against austerity measures called for by the Greek caretaker government. Photo: Thanassis Stavrakis / AP

 

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MIXED REACTION: Greeks were torn between relief and foreboding on the news that their country has received a 130 billion euro bailout. While the aid will protect them from a calamitous default and keep them in the euro bloc, it will also cost households years of economic hardship.

THE BACKGROUND: The deal gives Greece its second financial lifeline in less than two years — a combined package of foreign loans equivalent to about €22,000 ($29,000) for every Greek citizen, children included. National debt already amounts to about €32,000 ($42,300) each.

THE OUTLOOK: Greece faces many more years of sacrifice, on top of a grueling 24 months of austerity measures that have contributed to record high unemployment and a rapidly contracting economy.