# European Union (EU27) - General government net lending/borrowing (B9), EUR mn, SCA

European Union (EU27) - General government net lending/borrowing (B9), EUR mn, SCA was −168,886 € million in Q2 2026, down 17,429 from Q1 2026 and down 31,973 from a year earlier.
That is the lowest reading since Q4 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −366,884 € million (Q2 2020) to −2,727.6 € million (Q2 2018), averaging −109,925 € million.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `EU.GOVBAL.Q.SA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: € million
- Coverage: 2002-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (98 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/european-union/eu27-general-government-net-lending-borrowing-b9-eur-mn-sca

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | −168,886 € million |
| Q1 2026 | −151,457 € million |
| Q4 2025 | −161,094 € million |
| Q3 2025 | −156,475 € million |
| Q2 2025 | −136,913 € million |
| Q1 2025 | −136,830 € million |
| Q4 2024 | −153,071 € million |
| Q3 2024 | −138,682 € million |
| Q2 2024 | −137,430 € million |
| Q1 2024 | −135,029 € million |
| Q4 2023 | −164,466 € million |
| Q3 2023 | −148,853 € million |
| Q2 2023 | −135,814 € million |
| Q1 2023 | −129,658 € million |
| Q4 2022 | −182,651 € million |
| Q3 2022 | −148,674 € million |
| Q2 2022 | −86,085 € million |
| Q1 2022 | −87,938 € million |
| Q4 2021 | −116,856 € million |
| Q3 2021 | −131,768 € million |
| Q2 2021 | −213,940 € million |
| Q1 2021 | −222,132 € million |
| Q4 2020 | −232,424 € million |
| Q3 2020 | −209,087 € million |

## API

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

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