Mr. John McCarthy:

We already ramped up capital spending by 25% this year and by a further 11% for next year. In money terms, last year we had public debt of €206 billion. This year, the figure will be approximately €205 billion. As the Secretary General mentioned, that is a little above the 60% of GDP threshold. On a GNI* basis, which we see as the repayment capacity, the figure is 107%. Another way of looking at it is on a debt per capita basis, which works out at approximately €42,000 for every man, woman and child in the country. That is astronomical.