EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / (ae) economy

Eurozone should be seen as entity in its own right, says Parliament

Brussels, 25/02/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 25 February, the European Parliament decided on its position regarding the socio-economic priorities for 2016, adopting three reports on the 2016 exercise of the 'European Semester' budgetary process (see EUROPE 11498).

“Investments are the number one priority”, said Maria João Rodrigues (S&D, Portugal), rapporteur on the annual growth review for 2016, a document which marks the start of the 'European Semester' (see EUROPE 11439). She...