Brussels, 07/12/2010 (Agence Europe) - The EU27 economy and finance ministers did not manage to reach agreement on Tuesday 7 December on how the cost of reforming the pension system should be catered for under the Stability and Growth Pact rules for excess deficit. Poland and other countries want more details and it will therefore be a report by the Belgian Presidency rather than the ECOFIN Council that will be sent to the 16-17 December European Council.
Excess deficit procedures are...