Dal documento della CE pubblicato oggi, riassunto della situazione:
The (recalculated) structural balance is set to improve only by around 0.35% of GDP per year, below the required 0.6% of GDP, between 2016 and 2020, and the medium- term budgetary objective – a structural surplus of 0.25 % of GDP – is not expected to be achieved within the time horizon of the programme. According to the stability programme, the government debt-to-GDP ratio is expected to fall to 124.8% in 2016 and to continue declining to 110.3% in 2020. The macroeconomic scenario underpinning these budgetary projections is rather optimistic.
Moreover, the measures needed to support the planned deficit targets from 2017 onwards have not been sufficiently specified. Based on the Commission 2016 spring forecast, the general government deficit is projected to reach 2.7% of GDP in 2016, below the Treaty reference value of 3% of GDP, and 2.3% of GDP in 2017.
As the structural deficit is projected to slightly increase in 2016 and 2017, the fiscal effort is not in line with the requirements of the Stability and Growth Pact. Moreover, Portugal is not forecast to comply with the transitional debt rule in 2017. Based on its assessment of the stability programme and taking into account the Commission 2016 spring forecast, the Council is of the opinion that there is a risk that Portugal will not comply with the provisions of the Stability and Growth Pact. Therefore further measures will be needed to ensure compliance in 2016 and 2017.