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Why is Greece at the centre of an economic crisis?

Finance ministers from the euro area have met in Brussels to discuss Greece's attempts to seek a bail-out to try to reduce its public deficit.

Newsnight's Paul Mason takes a closer look at how Greece came to at the centre of a crisis that threatens the credibility of the euro.

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