Strasbourg, 14/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 13 January, the European Parliament adopted the report by Donata Gottardi (PES, Italy) on public finances in the Economic and Monetary Union in 2007-2008. Approved by 521 votes in favour, 47 votes against and 55 abstentions, the own-initiative report is the response from MEPs to the last two annual reports of the European Commission, the central themes of which were effectiveness of the preventive chapter of the Stability and Growth Pact...