The rules of the Stability and Growth Pact derived from the Maastricht Treaty, currently frozen due to the Covid-19 pandemic, “are no longer relevant” and must be reviewed, simplified and made more flexible in order to support growth and act in a counter-cyclical way, said Margarida Marques on Friday 12 March in an interview with EUROPE. According to the Commission, the deactivation of the general escape clause of the Pact should take place after an “assessment of the health, economic...