Brussels, 25/11/2002 (Agence Europe) - Commissioner Pedro Solbes presented to the European Commission, on 27 November, a communication on coordination of economic policies. "It will not be a matter of new rules", but rather of implementation, Mr Solbes' spokesperson said.
The communication, however, should suggest stricter monitoring of the level of public debt, as requested especially by France and Germany. The public debt threshold fixed by the Maastricht criteria - 60% of GDP - has been...