Europe 負債 up £500bn last year - with Britain's 重荷（を負わせる） at 85% of 国民所得

By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail

Updated: 22:33 BST, 22 October 2012

Europe's 手足を不自由にする／（物事を）損なうing 負債 重荷（を負わせる） 増加するd by £500billion last year ? with Britain’s fina nces の中で the worst anywhere on the Continent.

The Eurostat 統計（学） 機関 yesterday said 政府 負債 in the European Union jumped from £8trillion in 2010 to £8.5trillion in 2011 ? or 82.5 per cent of 甚だしい／１２ダース 国内の 製品.

The 負債 重荷（を負わせる） was highest in Greece, at 170.6 per cent of 国民所得, followed by Italy at 120.7 per cent, Portugal at 108.1 per cent, Ireland at 106.4 per cent, Belgium at 97.8 per cent, フラン at 86 per cent and the UK at 85 per cent.

財政／金融s: Greece, Italy and Portugal have the highest 負債 重荷（を負わせる） in Europe

In total, 14 of the 27 countries in the EU had 負債 higher than the 60 per cent of GDP permitted under European 法律. Eurostat also said that 17 countries ran 赤字s above the 3 per cent of GDP permitted by EU 法律 ? once again, this 含むd Britain.

The 全体にわたる EU 赤字 fell from 6.5 per cent in 2010 to 4.4 per cent in 2011 but the worst 違反者／犯罪者s were Ireland with a 不足（高） of 13.4 per cent, Greece and Spain with 9.4 per cent, and the UK at 7.8 per cent.

非常に高い 負債s and 赤字s across Europe have 鈍らせるd growth and 土台を崩すd 投資家 信用／信任 まっただ中に worries about default.

Greece, Ireland and Portugal have already been 軍隊d to request international bailouts, and it is thought that Spain could be the next 支配 the 落ちる.