Several Member States have been undergoing and continue to undergo adjustment processes to correct macroeconomic imbalances accumulated in the past and it has to be admitted that despite the reforms led by the EU, many are facing the challenge of low potential growth, thus calling into question the soundness of the austerity policies.
V več državah članicah so potekali in še vedno potekajo procesi prilagajanja za odpravo makroekonomskih neravnotežij, nakopičenih v preteklosti, vendar imajo številne države kljub reformam, ki jih je spodbudila Unija, nizek potencial za rast, zaradi česar postane vprašljiva smiselnost varčevalnih politik.