Brussels, 09/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - First reactions to the decision by the European Central Bank to raise interest rates once again (see EUROPE 9207) have been solidly negative, both from the European Parliament and industry.
French Socialist MEP Pervenche Berès, chairwoman of the EP economic and monetary committee, said in a press release, “For the third time since 2 December 2005, the ECB has decided to increase its reference rate by a quarter of a point, at a time when, finally,...