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The EUR 1.92 billion deficit in the January-June period compares to the EUR 219.7 million surplus in the same period last year.

In the H1, state budget revenue amounted to EUR 4.3 billion, which is EUR 788.6 million less year-on-year, while expenditure was up by EUR 1.35 billion to EUR 6.21 billion.