13/09/2019 (Agence Europe) – Swedish Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson did not mince her words when she arrived at the Eurogroup meeting in Helsinki (see other news) on Friday 13 September, concerning euro area Member States with high public debt ratios. “This is a huge problem for the European economy [...] More countries should have spent more time during the good years paying off their public debt”, she said. Before advocating for more public investment from States with room for manoeuvre, particularly Germany. “Maybe those countries that are pushing Germany should have spent more time paying down their public debt in recent years”, she added. (LT)