Seven countries of the eurozone (Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Italy, Spain, Lithuania and Portugal) have until Thursday 27 October to respond to the European Commission's questions about their draft budgets for 2017.
"These letters should be taken for what they are: a natural element of the dialogue process with the member states. The fact that they have been sent does not prejudge the next steps; so there is no point in being dramatic (…). We are asking for more information because we do not...