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Posted: 12/20/2012 9:54:08 AM EST
Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti (C) is flanked by Fiat-Chrysler chief executive Sergio Marchionne (R) and Fiat Chairman John Elkann (L) during his visit to the Fiat car factory in the southern city of Melfi December 20, 2012. Monti on Thursday warned Italians against throwing away the results achieved by his technocrat government as parliament took another step towards approving the 2013 budget which will pave the way to a February election. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca
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Posted: 12/13/2012 1:08:33 PM EST
Cuba's President Raul Castro, bottom left, and Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, bottom right, raise their hands to vote on the 2013 budget during a session by the National Assembly in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. The session is one of the National Assembly's twice-yearly gatherings. (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco, Cubadebate)
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Posted: 11/26/2012 6:49:11 AM EST
Head of anti-bailout SYRIZA party Alexis Tsipras addresses parliamentarians before a voting for the 2013 budget in Athens November 11, 2012. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis
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Posted: 11/13/2012 4:52:44 PM EST
Copies of U.S. President Barack Obama's Fiscal Year 2013 budget are seen stacked inside the House Budget Committee room on Capitol Hill in Washington February 13, 2012. Obama will propose an election-year budget on Monday that raises taxes on millionaires and seeks billions of dollars for job-creating infrastructure projects, drawing a populist battle line with his Republican opponents. REUTERS/Larry Downing
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Posted: 11/13/2012 4:52:44 PM EST
Copies of U.S. President Barack Obama's Fiscal Year 2013 budget are seen stacked inside the House Budget Committee room on Capitol Hill in Washington February 13, 2012. Obama will propose an election-year budget on Monday that raises taxes on millionaires and seeks billions of dollars for job-creating infrastructure projects, drawing a populist battle line with his Republican opponents. REUTERS/Larry Downing
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Posted: 11/13/2012 3:28:19 PM EST
This Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, photo shows the Capital building in Washington. The federal government started the 2013 budget year with a $120 billion deficit, an indication that the U.S. is on a path to its fifth straight $1 trillion-plus deficit. Another soaring deficit puts added pressure on President Barack Obama and Congress to seek a budget deal in the coming weeks. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Posted: 11/13/2012 2:53:46 PM EST
Copies of U.S. President Barack Obama's Fiscal Year 2013 budget are seen stacked inside the House Budget Committee room on Capitol Hill in Washington February 13, 2012. Obama will propose an election-year budget on Monday that raises taxes on millionaires and seeks billions of dollars for job-creating infrastructure projects, drawing a populist battle line with his Republican opponents. REUTERS/Larry Downing
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Posted: 11/13/2012 2:53:46 PM EST
Copies of U.S. President Barack Obama's Fiscal Year 2013 budget are seen stacked inside the House Budget Committee room on Capitol Hill in Washington February 13, 2012. Obama will propose an election-year budget on Monday that raises taxes on millionaires and seeks billions of dollars for job-creating infrastructure projects, drawing a populist battle line with his Republican opponents. REUTERS/Larry Downing
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Posted: 11/1/2012 8:53:23 AM EST
Greek bond holders including one holding a banner reading, "1 - Greek Public Bonds- 2-Deposits at Greek banks- Who guarantees ? The state that stole us? Thousands of cheated Greek families demand their deposits - Come with us now that you have the chance then it will be too late", protest in front of Greece's central bank in the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 . Greece's two main labor unions covering civil servants and the private sector have called a 48-hour strike to protest austerity measures due to be voted on next week. The strike call came as the finance minister submitted an amended 2013 budget that raised the country's debt and deficit forecasts for next year. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)
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Posted: 10/31/2012 1:18:32 PM EST
A pigeon sits on the shoulder of a Greek Presidential Guard as his colleagues in traditional Evzones' costumes perform ceremonial duties at the tomb of the unknown soldier in Athens, Wednesday, Oct. 31 2012. Greece's two main labor unions covering civil servants and the private sector have called a 48-hour strike to protest austerity measures due to be voted on next week. The strike call came as the finance minister submitted an amended 2013 budget that raised the country's debt and deficit forecasts for next year. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)
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Posted: 10/31/2012 12:06:14 PM EST
Portuguese Prime Minister Passos Coelho attends the debate to approve the 2013 budget at the parliament in Lisbon October 31, 2012. Portugal's parliament is expected to approve the biggest tax increases in the country's modern history on Wednesday, paving the way for a court battle over a budget which the government says is vital for keeping its international bailout afloat. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante
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Posted: 10/31/2012 12:06:14 PM EST
Portuguese government attend the debate to approve the 2013 budget at the parliament in Lisbon October 31, 2012. Portugal's parliament is expected to approve the biggest tax increases in the country's modern history on Wednesday, paving the way for a court battle over a budget which the government says is vital for keeping its international bailout afloat. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante
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Posted: 10/31/2012 12:06:14 PM EST
Portuguese Prime Minister Passos Coelho (R) and Finance Minister Vitor Gaspar laugh during the debate to approve the 2013 budget at the parliament in Lisbon October 31, 2012. Portugal's parliament is expected to approve the biggest tax increases in the country's modern history on Wednesday, paving the way for a court battle over a budget which the government says is vital for keeping its international bailout afloat. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante
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Posted: 10/31/2012 12:06:14 PM EST
Portugal's members of parliament vote to approve the 2013 budget in Lisbon October 31, 2012. Portugal's parliament is expected to approve the biggest tax increases in the country's modern history on Wednesday, paving the way for a court battle over a budget which the government says is vital for keeping its international bailout afloat. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante
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Posted: 10/31/2012 11:18:28 AM EST
Journalists cast their shadows on the road during a protest, in Athens Wednesday, Oct. 31 2012. Greece's two main labor unions covering civil servants and the private sector have called a 48-hour strike to protest austerity measures due to be voted on next week. The strike call came as the finance minister submitted an amended 2013 budget that raised the country's debt and deficit forecasts for next year. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)
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Posted: 10/31/2012 11:18:28 AM EST
A Greek bond holder shouts slogans during a protest in front of Greece's central bank at the northern city of Thessaloniki Greece Wednesday, Oct. 31 2012. Greece's two main labor unions covering civil servants and the private sector have called a 48-hour strike to protest austerity measures due to be voted on next week. The strike call came as the finance minister submitted an amended 2013 budget that raised the country's debt and deficit forecasts for next year. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)
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Posted: 10/31/2012 9:18:39 AM EST
Greece's Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras (C) hands over to the President of Parliament Vangelis Meimarakis the 2013 budget draft in Athens October 31, 2012. REUTERS/Costas Baltas
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Posted: 10/4/2012 3:04:50 AM EST
France's Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici presents France's 2013 budget during a news conference at the Bercy Finance Ministry in Paris September 28, 2012. REUTERS/John Schults
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Posted: 10/1/2012 12:46:44 PM EST
Protesters shout slogans as they wait for the troika inspectors from the European Commission (EC), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Central Bank (ECB), to enter the Finance Ministry in Athens October 1, 2012. Greece will frontload painful budget cuts to end a decade of primary deficits while grappling with a sixth year of recession, according to a 2013 budget draft aimed at satisfying international lenders. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis
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Posted: 10/1/2012 12:46:44 PM EST
International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Greece mission chief Poul Thomsen (C) arrives for a meeting at the Greek Finance Ministry in Athens October 1, 2012. Greece will frontload painful budget cuts to end a decade of primary deficits while grappling with a sixth year of recession, according to a 2013 budget draft aimed at satisfying international lenders. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis
