Brussels, 25/04/2005 (Agence Europe) - Speaking in Brussels on Thursday, the European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs repeated that the reformed Stability Pact has not been weakened but reinforced, and that “any excesses in deficit above the reference value will be considered excessive unless they are very small and temporary”. At the start of a conference of the “Brussels Economic Forum”, Joaquin Almunia said that the new version of the Pact “puts an end to past...