Clouds gather over the Acropolis in Athens: A growing number of politicians no longer believe Greece can cope with its mountain of debts without help from the European Union in Brussels. Deficit spending for this year alone has been close to 13 percent of GDP, far higher than the 3 percent limit mandated by Brussels for euro zone countries. Last week, the Greek Finance Ministry confirmed that national debt had swollen to more than €300 billion ($442.59 billion) of GDP.