1. The Stability and Growth pPact
... the Maastricht criteria, the main emphasis for EMU membership was placed on the budget deficit criteriona of 3 percent of GDP, partly because of the softening of the debt criteriona of 60 percent of GDP by the addition of a supplemental clause in Maastricht that allowed for attainment of this criteriona if there was a recorded fall in the debt measure for those heavily ... ...
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