After the Member States (see EUROPE B13355A24), the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) approved by a comfortable majority (32 votes in favour, 15 against, 2 abstentions), on Monday 4 March, the provisional agreement between Parliament representatives and the Belgian Presidency of the EU Council on the reform of the Stability and Growth Pact. The plenary vote is scheduled for April. (MB)