Slovak premier prepares austerity agenda
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Slovak premier prepares austerity agenda
By Markus Salzmann
24 May 2012
Shortly after taking office, the new Slovak government signalled its intention to implement an austerity agenda. Social Democratic Prime Minister Robert Fico has declared that the reduction of the budget deficit to less than three percent of gross national product (GNP) by 2013 is the supreme goal of his government. Currently the deficit is 4.7 percent.