In the Government’s policy scenario, while the deficit will continue to be significantly higher than the current-legislation projection, it will begin to 5  diminish again in 2020-2021.
A contribution will come from the increase in VAT and customs duties as a result of activating the remaining part of the safeguard clauses: these will yield 0.7 percentage points of GDP in 2020 and 0.8 points in 2021.