The general government deficit and debt-to-GDP ratio fell last year in the EU

EU and eurozone debt declining on an annual basis
Only two countries had a general government surplus last year: 2.3 percent in Denmark and 0.9 percent in Luxembourg.
The highest general government deficits were in Malta at 8 percent and in Greece at 7.4 percent, in Latvia at 7.3 percent, in Italy at 7.2 percent, in Romania at 7.1 percent, in Spain at 6.9 percent, in Hungary at 6.8 percent, and in France 6, 5 percent and 6.2 percent in Slovakia. (MTI)
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