Brussels, 12/10/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 11 October, the French senate gave its agreement to ratification of the budget pact (the 25 member state intergovernmental agreement to tighten public spending) by France, echoing a similar move by the National Assembly on Tuesday (see EUROPE 10706). This makes France the thirteenth EU27 country and the ninth eurozone country to ratify the Budget Pact, which introduces a “golden rule” requiring signatory countries to never let their...