In 2016, the government deficit and debt of both the euro area (EA19) and the EU28 decreased in relative terms
compared with 2015. In the euro area the government deficit to GDP ratio fell from 2.1% in 2015 to 1.5% in 2016,
and in the EU28 from 2.4% to 1.7%. In the euro area the government debt to GDP ratio declined from 90.3% at the
end of 2015 to 89.2% at the end of 2016, and in the EU28 from 84.9% to 83.5%....