
Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, right, speaks with Greece's Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis at the Greek parliament in Athens, on Friday, Nov. 21, 2014. Greece's government has submitted its 2015 budget to Parliament, predicting the debt-ridden country's economy will emerge from recession with growth of 2.9 percent and a primary surplus _ income without taking into account interest payments on outstanding debt _ of 3 percent of gross domestic product. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) newsandtalking.blogspot.com

Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, right, looks Greece's Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis who holds a clear case with two flash drives containing the new state budget for 2015 at the Greek parliament in Athens, on Friday, Nov. 21, 2014. Greece's government has submitted its 2015 budget to Parliament, predicting the debt-ridden country's economy will emerge from recession with growth of 2.9 percent and a primary surplus _ income without taking into account interest payments on outstanding debt _ of 3 percent of gross domestic product. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)newsandtalking.blogspot.com

Greece's Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis, second left, gives a clear case with two flash drives containing the new state budget for 2015 to Parliament speaker Evangelos Meimarakis, right, at the Greek parliament in Athens, on Friday, Nov. 21, 2014. Greece's government has submitted its 2015 budget to Parliament, predicting the debt-ridden country's economy will emerge from recession with growth of 2.9 percent and a primary surplus _ income without taking into account interest payments on outstanding debt _ of 3 percent of gross domestic product. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)newsandtalking.blogspot.com

Parliament speaker Evangelos Meimarakis, right, looks a clear case with two flash drives containing the new state budget for 2015 received by Greece's Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis, left, at the Greek parliament in Athens, on Friday, Nov. 21, 2014. Greece's government has submitted its 2015 budget to Parliament, predicting the debt-ridden country's economy will emerge from recession with growth of 2.9 percent and a primary surplus _ income without taking into account interest payments on outstanding debt _ of 3 percent of gross domestic product. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)newsandtalking.blogspot.com
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greece's government has submitted its 2015 budget to Parliament, predicting the economy will emerge from recession with growth of 2.9 percent next year.
The budget submitted Friday projected Greece's primary surplus - state income without taking into account interest payments on outstanding debt - of 3 percent of gross domestic product. It sees the deficit narrowing to 0.2 percent of GDP next year, from 1.3 percent this year and 1.6 percent in 2013.
The budget comes amid a disagreement between Greece and international creditors on remaining reforms before part of its bailout program ends this year.
Greece has relied on bailout funds from other eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund since 2010. In return, it had to impose stringent spending cuts and tax hikes.
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