The Portuguese Finance Minister, João Leão, said that his European counterparts “fully agree with the European Commission’s proposals” on the approach to deciding whether to maintain or lift the freeze on the Stability and Growth Pact, on Tuesday 16 March, at the end of the ‘Ecofin’ Council.
Mr Leão recalled that the ‘Ecofin’ Council will be called upon to make a decision in the spring on the basis of updated data to be provided by the Commission in May.
On Tuesday, the...