In other words, focusing on the deficit was deemed sufficient to ensure the steady reduction of debt, and for many years it was felt unnecessary to define more precisely the pace of convergence with the reference value.
To pomeni, da se je osredotočanje na primanjkljaj štelo za zadostno za zagotovitev stalnega zniževanja dolga in da je veliko let veljalo mnenje, da ni treba natančneje opredeliti hitrosti konvergence z referenčno vrednostjo.