Ligi: Tsahkna's talk of brutal cuts makes my heart sink

Before the euro was introduced to Estonia, the state budget was cut by an amount roughly equivalent to the current percentage of the country's budget deficit. In 2009, as much as nine percent of GDP, was cut, said Estonia's Minister of Finance at that time Jürgen Ligi (Reform). Currently, cuts of only 0.4 percent are recommended, however, even that is difficult to achieve, Ligi said, as the governing coalition is not sufficiently active.