BERLIN (MNI) – Estonia will assume its responsibilities under the
European sovereign debt crisis mechanisms once it has joined the
Eurozone on Jan 1, 2011, Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip said in a
newspaper interview published Monday.
If Estonia has to contribute to save indebted Eurozone countries
“we are ready,” Ansip told German daily Die Welt.
Solidarity is “an important value for all EU member states,” the
Prime Minister argued. “If it is needed, Estonia is ready to help
others.”
Estonia’s total public debt amounts only to 7% of GDP, the lowest
ratio of all 27 EU member states, the paper pointed out.
–Berlin bureau: +49-30-22 62 05 80; email: twidder@marketnews.com
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