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EU to stop Greek budget watch in formal end to major crisis

People admire the view of the city of Athens with the Greek Parliament on the left and the ancient Acropolis hill on the center, Wednesday , Aug. 10 , 2022.The European Union's budget watchdog announced Wednesday that it is winding up years of surveillance of Greek government spending. The move marks a formal end to a major crisis that threatened to see Greece ejected from the euro single currency group, imposed severe hardship on its citizens and roiled global financial markets. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

People admire the view of the city of Athens with the Greek Parliament on the left and the ancient Acropolis hill on the right, Wednesday , Aug. 10 , 2022.The European Union's budget watchdog announced Wednesday that it is winding up years of surveillance of Greek government spending. The move marks a formal end to a major crisis that threatened to see Greece ejected from the euro single currency group, imposed severe hardship on its citizens and roiled global financial markets. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

A woman looks in the city of Athens with the Greek Parliament on the left and the ancient Acropolis hill on the right, Wednesday , Aug. 10 , 2022.The European Union's budget watchdog announced Wednesday that it is winding up years of surveillance of Greek government spending. The move marks a formal end to a major crisis that threatened to see Greece ejected from the euro single currency group, imposed severe hardship on its citizens and roiled global financial markets. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

A general view of the city of Athens with the lighted ancient Acropolis hill on Wednesday , Aug. 10 , 2022.The European Union's budget watchdog announced Wednesday that it is winding up years of surveillance of Greek government spending. The move marks a formal end to a major crisis that threatened to see Greece ejected from the euro single currency group, imposed severe hardship on its citizens and roiled global financial markets. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

FILE - People stand by a giant Greek flag and the ruins of the fifth century B.C. Parthenon temple on the Acropolis hill in Athens, Dec. 28, 2017. The European Union's budget watchdog announced Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, that it is winding up years of surveillance of Greek government spending. The move marks a formal end to a major crisis that threatened to see Greece ejected from the euro single currency group, imposed severe hardship on its citizens and roiled global financial markets.(AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)

FILE - The Greek, right, and the European flags wave under the ancient Acropolis hill in Athens, July 5, 2015. The European Union's budget watchdog announced Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, that it is winding up years of surveillance of Greek government spending. The move marks a formal end to a major crisis that threatened to see Greece ejected from the euro single currency group, imposed severe hardship on its citizens and roiled global financial markets. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

EU to stop Greek budget watch in formal end to major crisis