At an EU summit on December 10th Mr Papandreou shocked his colleagues by admitting that Greece was riddled with corruption, which he claimed was the main reason for its economic woes.

• 12月10日的欧盟峰会上，帕潘德里承认希腊国内腐败问题严重，并声称这是国内经济灾难的主要原因。此言一出，四座皆惊。