9. Article

Our fiscal policy aims at achieving a balanced budget over the medium term. To this end, we are committed to containing this year's general government budget deficit to LVL 79 million, or 13/4 percent of GDP, despite the adoption by Parliament in June of a supplementary budget that would otherwise imply a rise in the deficit of 0.2 percent of GDP. To help ensure this outcome, we will not submit to Parliament a second supplementary budget.