Brussels, 07/09/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 7 September, the EU Council approved changes to the code of conduct of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) to allow the setting in place of a “European Semester” from 1 January 2011. This system aims to ensure ex-ante coordination between national economic policy plans and coherence of national budgets with European commitments of member states (EUROPE 10171). This is a first step towards broader strengthening of economic governance also...