Brussels, 07/02/2013 (Agence Europe) - Backed by a majority at the European Parliament (EP), the conservative and liberal vision of economic policy has won the day over the left-wing fight against excessive austerity.
Adopting its position on the annual growth assessment - that marks the beginning of the “European Semester” budgetary process (see EUROPE 10780) - by a slim majority (329 votes to 271, with 13 abstentions), the EP supports the European Commission's approach calling for...