Brussels, 07/01/2011 (Agence Europe) - The very first “European semester” will be in the first half of this year, 2011. This crucial measure in the process of boosting economic governance of the European Union was decided upon in September 2010 by the EU Council of Ministers (see EUROPE 10209). It means that in the first half of each year, the member states will submit a broad outline of their budget plans for the following year to their EU peers before submitting them for formal...