European Finance Ministers showed broad consensus on Friday 10 July in favour of adopting a general approach on the ‘MISP’ package next October. No EU Member State opposed the timetable proposed by the Irish Presidency of the EU Council in its ‘roadmap’ (see EUROPE B13905A26). “This goal will only be achieved on the basis of equality, balanced, and proportionate compromise”, nonetheless cautioned Irish minister Simon Harris after the Economic and Financial Affairs Council.