Interpreting the term flexible. The differences in opinion on certain aspects of the European economic relaunch are not the reason for a rift between the political forces and thus between the member states. The discussions on applying the stability and growth pact simply confirm that the Centre-Right (EPP) positions and those of the Socialists do not totally coincide - even when the objectives are (in principle) broadly similar. One side states: without economic growth, Europe has no future;...