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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8869

19 January 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/emu
EBF wants strengthened stability and growth pact in compliance with Commission suggestions

Brussels, 18/01/2005 (Agence Europe) - The European Banking Federation (EBF) wants reform of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) “in line with the orientations expressed by the Commission last September”, indicated Martin Hüfner. During a press conference on Monday, the president of the EBF's economic and monetary affairs committee recommended sticking to the reference values of the deficit (3%) and for the debt (60%) as laid down in the protocol annexed to the Treaty of Maastricht. The...

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