Slovakia’s public finance deficit the highest in euro zone next year

Slovakia’s public finance deficit is planned at 6.4% of GDP next year, the highest level in the 19-member euro zone, and the government has not yet presented a plan for fiscal consolidation. For a long time now, Slovak public finances have been the least sustainable in the entire eurozone. Next year's high deficit is also due to one-off measures, especially compensation for high energy prices (2.6% of GDP). Without them, Slovakia's deficit is the 8th-worst.

(dennikN.sk)