Brussels, 26/02/2015 (Agence Europe) - The decision taken by the European Commission on Wednesday 25 February to recommend that the Ecofin Council give France a conditional grace period of two years (2017) to bring its public deficit below the 3% of GDP mark has been greeted positively, but not especially enthusiastically, by the French authorities (see EUROPE 11262).
The new ground broken by the European institution in the framework of the proceedings against France over its excessive...