Question: We are a long way from there, look at Greece. Trichet: In recent years the EU governments have ignored the rules of the Stability and Growth Pact. Unfortunately the large countries – i.e. France, Germany and Italy – tried to weaken the Stability and Growth Pact or even rescind it in 2004 and 2005, when they themselves were not complying with it.
The return rate is in general around eighty percent suggesting that the decision to go abroad and come home again is affected by a long range of factors other than purely economical ones.