Translation of "Überschuss erzielen" in English

It is true that the pact provides us with the initial means for achieving budgetary balance or a situation of surplus in the medium term.

While the maximum permissible deficit remains unchanged (-3 per cent of GDP), the Pact contains a reference to the desirability of a balanced budget or a budget surplus.

The development of technology—agriculture, metallurgy, domestication of animals and other revolutionary advances—allowed for a surplus beyond what was necessary for the minimal subsistence that characterized hunter-gatherer societies, making possible the existence of an idle ruling class.

The attempt of all countries to achieve a surplus simultaneously will fail because the trade balance sheet of the global economy is always zero.

Nevertheless the finances are expected to remain in comfortable surplus in 2000-01.

Incidentally, we held a very extensive debate yesterday on the issue of the three percent, and Mr Prodi should, in my view, simply advise all countries to adopt the EU's budgetary system, for if they were to do this, they would never suffer any shortages again and always have surpluses.

Clearly, we must avoid having any surpluses next year. In fact, if the budget headings continue not to be implemented, then the European Parliament’s political commitment, as budgetary authority, is likely to dwindle.

In the final analysis, our message should be that this 3% should not be used up - which might well be the case - and that our objective is still to achieve a surplus.

He testified that it is important to run surpluses to pay down the debt, but that surpluses must not be so large that the government winds up owning American industry.

It is quite right to argue that governments should aim only to balance their budgets over the business cycle, running surpluses during booms and deficits when economic activity is weak.

Therefore, they do not alter the core budget requirements (to avoid excessive deficit positions) or objectives (to achieve and sustain budget positions of ‘close to balance or in surplus’).

From 2008, additional policy choices will have to be made to reach the projected surpluses.

Higher savings helped produce a current account surplus, a reduction in exchange risk and lower interest rates.

Experience in the run-up to the recent protracted economic slowdown has highlighted the need to conduct prudent and symmetric-over-the-cycle policies and achieve surpluses in good times.

As concerns Länder and communities, the update is silent on "structural expenditure savings, (also) at lower levels of government", which are required to attain permanent surpluses, an obligation enshrined in a national stability pact.

As concerns Länder and communities, the update is silent on "structural expenditure savings, (also) at lower levels of government", which are required to attain permanent surpluses, an obligation enshrined in a national stability pact.

The Council noted that the Finnish Government expects to bring the general government deficit well below the 3% of GNP reference value already in 1996 and to achieve surpluses in subsequent years when the general government gross debt ratio should be declining.

But even if the EC had an overall import coverage of 100% or even had a surplus in its trade with all third countries, the bilateral trade relations with Japan should still give rise to a great deal of concern because of the present composition of Japanese exports and the export strategy pursued by the Japanese.