This provides an appropriate safety margin against breaching the 3% headline deficit limit, with Member States, particularly those with debts over 60% of GDP, expected to do more when economic times are good and less when they are bad.
Liikmesriigid, eelkõige need, kelle võlatase ületab 60% SKPst, peaksid tegema rohkem majanduslikult headel aegadel ja vähem halbadel aegadel.