The European finance ministers have agreed to move on to the “political negotiation phase” on the reform of the European economic governance framework, according to the Spanish minister, Nadia Calviño, who hosted the informal ministerial meeting in Santiago de Compostela on Saturday 16 September(see EUROPE B13250A2). She noted that the Member States were “unanimous” in their desire to intensify discussions and reach an agreement at the Council of the European Union before the end...