EU economy

The euro has expanded opportunities for citizens and businesses but the crisis showed that we need more closely coordinated economic policies to realise its full benefits. The Presidents of the five institutions overseeing the euro have a vision to complete Europe's Economic and Monetary Union.

The European Commission today adopted its Opinion on the Draft Budgetary Plan (DBP) of Spain for 2016. Spain has been in the corrective arm of the Stability and Growth Pact since April 2009 and has been asked to correct its excessive deficit by 2016. In its DBP, Spain expects the general government deficit to decline to 4.2% of GDP this year and 2.8% in 2016, in line with recommended targets under the excessive deficit procedure and down from 5.8% in 2014.