Brussels, 01/02/2012 (Agence Europe) - MEPs are critical of the handling of the sovereign debt crisis, with a plethora of criticism of the outcome of the European Summit on Monday that aimed to focus on growth and jobs, but whose main decision was the agreement by twenty-five member states on an intergovernmental budget pact (“fiscal compact”) to boost budget discipline (see EUROPE 10542).
The growth stimulus decisions were described by Joseph Daul (EPP, France) as paltry. He explained...