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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10526

7 January 2012
ECONOMY - FINANCE / (ae) economy
Belgium determined to meet its budget targets for 2012

Brussels, 06/01/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 6 January, Belgian Finance Minister Steven Vanackere said that the Belgian government was determined to bring the country's deficit back below 3% of GDP this year. He said that the government would do everything in its power to convince the European Commission that Belgium is determined to have a budget deficit of 2.8% by the end of the year. Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said that extra public spending cuts would definitely be...