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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11234

21 January 2015
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 37
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) belgium
Commission tight-lipped over possible budgetary slippage

Brussels, 20/01/2015 (Agence Europe) - On 20 January, the European Commission declined to comment on reports in the Belgian press predicting that the country's deficit will stand at between 3.2 and 3.3% of GDP, due to budgetary slippage on the part of the federal entities.

We are following a more structured way to deal with this question, and we will not comment on figures,” said Commission spokesperson Margaritis Schinas. He added that the European institution would take position on...

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