According to Deputy Finance Minister Petros Doukas, the budget deficit for the first six months of 2004 was 8.7 billion euros, against a budgeted 6.2 billion euros for the entire year.
Prema rečima zamenika ministra finansija Petrosa Dukasa, budžetski deficit za prvih šest meseci 2004. iznosio je 8,7 milijardi evra, u odnosu na 6,2 milijarde evra koliko je predviđeno za celu godinu.