Näistä viisi valtiota kuuluu euroalueeseen: Portugali, Saksa, Ranska, Alankomaat ja Kreikka. ###>Five of them belong to the euro area: Portugal, Germany, France, the Netherlands and Greece, together with the United Kingdom, to which the excessive deficit procedure does not apply, but which is nevertheless bound by the requirement laid down in Article 116(4) of the Treaty.