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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12660

18 February 2021
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Economy
68 NGOs, trade unions and think tanks call for reform of EU fiscal rules to “build back better
Brussels, 17/02/2021 (Agence Europe)

A coalition of 68 organisations from 12 EU countries made up of civil society, trade union leaders, environmental activists and economists signed a letter on Wednesday 17 February calling for a “profound reform” of European fiscal rules.

Fearing that the post-Covid-19 EU “will fall back into the trap of the post-crisis of 2008: fiscal consolidation ‘at all costs’, without ambition for the climate and biodiversity”, the signatories call for a more flexible fiscal policy, which...

Contents

EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
EXTERNAL ACTION
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
SECTORAL POLICIES
INSTITUTIONAL
NEWS BRIEFS