# Euro Area General government net lending (+) / net borrowing (-), quarterly (seasonally & calendar adjusted, EUR mn)

Euro Area General government net lending (+) / net borrowing (-), quarterly (seasonally & calendar adjusted, EUR mn) was −135,401 € million in Q2 2026, down 8,466.8 from Q1 2026 and down 23,129 from a year earlier.
That is the lowest reading since Q4 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −321,795 € million (Q2 2020) to −4,138.9 € million (Q2 2018), averaging −97,000 € million.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `EA.GOVBAL.Q.SA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: € million
- Coverage: 2002-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (98 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/euro-area/general-government-net-lending-net-borrowing-quarterly-seasonally-and

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | −135,401 € million |
| Q1 2026 | −126,934 € million |
| Q4 2025 | −127,146 € million |
| Q3 2025 | −127,242 € million |
| Q2 2025 | −112,273 € million |
| Q1 2025 | −109,489 € million |
| Q4 2024 | −125,954 € million |
| Q3 2024 | −109,514 € million |
| Q2 2024 | −116,531 € million |
| Q1 2024 | −114,333 € million |
| Q4 2023 | −145,344 € million |
| Q3 2023 | −127,926 € million |
| Q2 2023 | −117,115 € million |
| Q1 2023 | −112,538 € million |
| Q4 2022 | −164,185 € million |
| Q3 2022 | −135,059 € million |
| Q2 2022 | −81,871 € million |
| Q1 2022 | −82,502 € million |
| Q4 2021 | −106,906 € million |
| Q3 2021 | −127,918 € million |
| Q2 2021 | −202,756 € million |
| Q1 2021 | −207,978 € million |
| Q4 2020 | −210,990 € million |
| Q3 2020 | −191,024 € million |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/EA.GOVBAL.Q.SA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/EA.GOVBAL.Q.SA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```