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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10241

22 October 2010
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
Setting up instruments and rules is crucial basis for action but does not constitute economic policy in itself

Damaging confusion. Any confusion between instruments to promote action and the action itself should be avoided. What the EU is currently doing involves the instruments. This column underlined the importance of this yesterday. The instruments include: the structure and powers of the institutions and other bodies, operational rules and efficiency. The first European budgetary semester (which will help to promote common discussions and guide national budgets as from next year, before their...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
SUPPLEMENT