"On the basis of the finance ministry's assessments, it would be feasible to shrink the deficit to the Community's legally accepted level within 2005, but the Commission believes that this hypothesis is very optimistic, and that the adoption of fiscal adaptation measures will also be needed in 2006," Alogoskoufis said at a news conference in Brussels after the ECOFIN meeting.
«Na osnovu procena ministarstva finansija, biće izvodljivo da se deficit tokom 2005. godine uklopi u zakonski prihvatljiv nivo Unije, ali Komisija veruje da je ta pretpostavka vrlo optimistična i da će i u 2006. godini biti potrebno usvojiti mere za fiskalno prilagođavanje», rekao je Alogoskufis na konferenciji za novinare u Briselu posle sastanka ECOFIN-a.