Fekter pleased With “Good data on Austria”

PoliticsDomestic ♦ Published: February 13, 2013; 13:18 ♦ (Vindobona)

Austria´s Minister of Finance Maria Fekter on Ecofin data: “We have some work to do on debt reduction and pension costs”.

Fekter pleased With “Good data on Austria” / Picture: © Wikipedia / World Economic Forum (Heinz Tesarek)

“We are not one of the countries that had to go under the Commission’s microscope. Both in respect of macroeconomic balance and in terms of the sustainability of our public finances, our numbers are good”, Austrian Finance Minister Dr Maria Fekter stated following the EU Finance Minister Council meeting in Brussels.

Nevertheless, the minister acknowledges…