County officials warn that further austerity could mean closing libraries, reducing law enforcement and cutting arts and physical education programs at schools.

It's clear that punishing the poor will only deepen the recession - so why are the IMF technocrats intent on further austerity?

Macdonald supported further austerity, and unable to carry his Labour party on the issue, he was asked by the King to lead a National coalition government with the Liberals and Conservatives.

The French remain very cautious about further austerity.

Two years ago Mr. Chirac won the presidency for the right by promising to reduce unemployment without further austerity.

By late last year, the Government seemed to realize the political risk of further austerity, and monetary policy was sharply relaxed, though this may mean a resurgence of inflation later in 1990.

Given that Spain's problem right now is lack of access to sufficiently cheap capital, it seems to me that anything that constrains this would simply increase Spain's borrowing costs, resulting in further austerity.

As a result of this backing, Greece was granted by the EU a quid pro quo of further austerity for a €100bn loan and a 50% debt reduction through PSI.

If a country tries to conform to the strictures of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, as Croatia does, further austerities are demanded.

Italian and Spanish workers are likely to hit the streets after further austerity steals euros from their pocket.