At this point I should add that the accession countries generally have large current account deficits. Although such deficits are thoroughly defensible for countries that are in the process of catching up, persistent current account deficits make the economy more vulnerable to internal and external disturbances, especially if these are relatively severe and are financed short term and in foreign currency.
Latest estimates provide for a national government deficit before borrowing of approximately 1 per cent of gross domestic product in the current fiscal year, while the government debt as percentage of gross domestic product has been brought down to around 36 per cent.