Under pressure from the International Monetary Fund and European Union to slash expenditure, Mr Papandreou has very little room for maneuver.

在国际货币基金组织和欧盟要求减少支出的压力下，帕潘德里欧没有任何机动的空间。

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Trade union Unison said its members were shocked and very concerned about the expenditure.

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Balanced-budget rules not linked to expenditure limits, such as America's Gramm-Rudman-Hollings act of 1985 and the European Union's Stability and Growth Pact, have been less successful.

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In order for a fiscal union to work, national governments including parliaments would have to give up the right to set taxes and determine public expenditure independently and accept a restriction of national sovereignty in other areas of economic and social policy.

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