Suker, a member of the HDZ Presidency, was speaking before 300 HDZ Zagreb County officials in Vrbovec. Also in attendance were officials from the economy, agriculture and development ministries.
The minister said the deficit would be even lower in 2007 -- 2.8 per cent.
The Vrbovec meeting addressed the current political and economic situation.
Assistant Agriculture Minister Srecko Selanac spoke of the government's success in the development of agriculture, saying that subsidies had grown from 1.5 billion kuna three years ago to today's 2.15 billion kuna in non-repayable funds.