Under antagelse om , at udviklingen i de offentlige finanser og gælden i 1998 følger Kommissionens prognose , viser den første beregning hvilken budgetstilling , der vil være konsistent med en reduktion af gælden til 60 pct . over forskellige tidshorisonter ( se tabel 7 ) .
On the assumption that fiscal balances and debt ratios as projected by the European Commission for 1998 are achieved , the first exercise , as detailed in Table 7 , shows the fiscal balances which would be consistent with convergence of the debt ratio to 60 % of GDP over different time horizons .