Brussels, 17/06/2014 (Agence Europe) - The German economy minister, Sigmar Gabriel (a Social Democrat), said on a visit to the Airbus factory in Toulouse, France, on Monday 16 June that nobody can accept the current deficits but in order to deal with the deficits, growth is needed. One of the solutions for boosting growth, he said, is for costs generated by reform policies to be ignored when calculating deficit figures.
Gabriel said that easing the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) rules was...