Brussels, 29/01/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday the Commission was due to adopt the EcoFin recommendations on the updating of the Stability Programmes for seven Member States (France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain), as well as the convergence plan for the United Kingdom. EUROPE has learned that certain Commissioners do not share the opinion of Mr Solbes (supported by a number of colleagues, including President Prodi) to address an "early warning" to Germany and Portugal for having deviated on the question of their public budgets. Before the Commission meeting, Antonio Vittorino, Günter Verheugen and Michaele Schreyer explained that they did not believe that such a recommendation was called for because the Commission should not ask the Member States concerned to change the substance of their budgetary policy but simply ask them to take certain adjustment measures to prevent any excessive debt developing. According to these three Commissioners, budgetary deficit problems are due to the general decline in economic growth and the recommendations risked being politically counterproductive. CDU MEP, Karl von Wogau, however, believed that such a reprimand would be "totally appropriate".