Headed by the permanent president of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, the ministerial task force adopted its final report on economic governance on Monday 18 October. With this report, the ECOFIN Council defines the basic stance that it will defend during forthcoming interinstitutional talks on reform of the Stability and Growth Pact. Herman Van Rompuy is to present the results of this work to the European Summit in October. The final report of the task force is published in EUROPE...