On Tuesday 7 November, Esther de Lange (EPP, Dutch) and Margarida Marques (S&D, Portuguese) presented their draft report on reforming the ‘preventive’ part of the Stability and Growth Pact to the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (see EUROPE B13272A11).
“We support the logic” behind the legislative package on the table. “We want an economic governance that is more country-specific within an EU framework”, said Ms de Lange. In her view, to ensure...