Brussels, 06/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - Irish Deputy Prime Minister Mary Harney has challenged the Commission's criticism about the budgetary policy of her country. Last month, the Commission, while examining the updated Stability Pacts of several Member States, had proposed to the Council that it adopt a recommendation inviting Ireland to put an end to the inconsistency between the expansionist aspects of its budgetary planning and the European Union's Broad Economic Policy Guidelines (see...