Everyone in Europe thinks Germany is the hardest working country... apart from Greece
Greece is in big trouble. The country became the first developed economy to ever miss a debt repayment to the IMF on Tuesday night.
After months of tense negotiations with its creditors a bailout from
the eurozone looks increasingly unlikely and politicians across the
continent are becoming more and more hostile towards the Syriza government.
While the root of Greece's turmoil is complicated, one of the
accusations aimed at it is that its employment sector needs a severe
overhaul.
While claims that "Greeks are lazy" can be written off with cold, hard statistics, perhaps the difference of opinion between the country and its European neighbours is most strikingly summed up by this table:
