People walk past the Bank of Greece headquarters, in central Athens, on Friday, March 6, 2015 . European Central Bank head Mario Draghi said the ECB "stood ready" to once again permit Greek banks to use junk-rated Greek government bonds as collateral to get credit from the ECB. That would happen as soon as the bank assesses that Greece is likely to successfully complete a creditor review of its progress. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
People walk past the Bank of Greece headquarters, in central Athens, on Friday, March 6, 2015 . European Central Bank head Mario Draghi said the ECB "stood ready" to once again permit Greek banks to use junk-rated Greek government bonds as collateral to get credit from the ECB. That would happen as soon as the bank assesses that Greece is likely to successfully complete a creditor review of its progress. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
People walk past the Bank of Greece headquarters, in central Athens, on Friday, March 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

(Daily Caller) – Greece is in the financial equivalent of complete and total panic right now, and the rest of the European Union is trying to figure out what to do with them.

Though Greece has been facing financial trouble for a while, it wasn’t until 2009 when things got really bad. The Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) reports that in that year Greece went from a fiscal crisis to a sovereign debt crisis before finally going into a recession. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Commission have tried to help Greece out of the crisis by encouraging reforms in exchange for financial assistance. Negotiations, however, have stalled.

1. Political Favors And Corruption

Greek politicians and officials take much of the blame for their country falling into a crisis. According to FES, politicians used civil services and other public sector agencies to exchange political favors for votes and influence.

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