Brussels, 07/01/2013 (Agence Europe) - At the end of December, Finland became the 12th eurozone country to ratify the Budget Pact (see EUROPE 10566), which therefore came into force on 1 January 2013. The pact was agreed upon in March 2013 to introduce tighter budget discipline in all European Union countries except the United Kingdom and the Czech Republic, which have opted out. Now that the pact has come into force, all the signatory nations will have to introduce a “budget golden...