context: The Greek government debt crisis is a financial crisis that rocked the Greek economy in April 2010 when the Greek government asked the European Union and the International Monetary Fund to activate a rescue plan that includes loans to help Greece avoid the risk of bankruptcy and default and interest rates on Greek bonds It has risen to high rates as a result of fears among investors that Greece will not be able to meet its debts, especially with the high budget deficit and the escalation of the public debt. The Greek crisis threatened the stability of the euro area and raised the idea of ​​Greece leaving the economic zone, but Europe decided to provide assistance to Greece in exchange for implementing economic reforms and austerity measures aimed at reducing the deficit in the public budget. [1]
question: When did the economic crisis begin in Greece?
answers.text: April 2010