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First discussion on economic objectives of EU fiscal rule reform

Brussels, 04/11/2021 (Agence Europe)

On Monday 8 November, the finance ministers of the euro area will hold a first general discussion on the evolution of the European economic governance framework after the European Commission relaunched the debate on the subject in mid-October (see EUROPE B12815A5).

The 19 euro area members should not go into the technical and numerical aspects of the EU’s fiscal rules, but rather, as the Commission advocates, focus first on “the economic goals” to be pursued in the reform, a senior EU...