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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10175

7 July 2010
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 27
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/economy
Excessive deficit procedure opened against Bulgaria

Brussels, 06/07/2010 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission decided on Tuesday 6 July to initiate an excessive deficit procedure against Bulgaria - Article 126(3) of the Treaty. The information submitted by the Bulgarian authorities in April 2010 and subsequently validated by Eurostat reveals a general government deficit of 3.9% of GDP in 2009. Hence the move by the Commission, which concluded that, while the government gross debt at 14.8% of GDP in 2009 fulfils the respective criterion...

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