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“A bit like a football game”

By Sarah Collins | 06 September 2010

EU member states will face “quasi-automatic” sanctions for breaking EU debt and deficit rules under a European Commission proposal to be released at the end of this month, meaning offending countries will need a majority of states onside to block potential fines. The proposal to overhaul the...

Ecofin Council : Supervision creeps onto ministers’ agenda - 03/09/2010

Union’s GDP rises - 02/09/2010

Inflation falling in eurozone - 31/08/2010

Economy : Confidence continues to improve in EU - 30/08/2010

Inflation : EU annual rate rises to 2.1% - 27/08/2010

Stability and Growth Pact : Merkel «reluctant» to amend deficit calculation - 27/08/2010

Economic governance : Survey: Europeans favour stronger coordination - 27/08/2010

Budget policy : Commission: Greece on right track - 27/08/2010

Excessive deficit procedure : Council strengthens Eurostat powers - 27/08/2010

Economic governance : Ban on voting rights possible without treaty change - 22/07/2010

EU assistance to Latvia - 22/07/2010

Cohesion policy/Economic governance : CoR ready to defend subsidiarity - 19/07/2010

Budgetary policy : Hungary’s loan talks with EU and IMF break down - 19/07/2010

Inflation : Annual rate down in EU - 14/07/2010

Task force seals Council deal on sanctions - 14/07/2010

Ministers sign up to 2020 guidelines - 14/07/2010

Excessive deficits confirmed for four member states - 13/07/2010

Barroso on restoring balance - 09/07/2010

Financial supervision : Council set to “change position” - 09/07/2010

Interview with John Monks, general secretary, ETUC : EU could offer some light with taxes on financial speculation - 08/07/2010

GDP : EU Q1 figures show modest growth - 07/07/2010

Economic governance : EU should stress test public finances, says BusinessEurope - 07/07/2010

Bulgaria joins ranks of EU overspenders - 07/07/2010

UK gets nod for emergency budget cuts - 06/07/2010

Interview with Danuta Hübner, member of EP’s CRIS committee : Balancing budgets and growth: Regional policy part of solution - 02/07/2010

Record EIB loan to Greece - 01/07/2010

Eurozone inflation estimated at 1.4% - 30/06/2010

Economic governance : EU ratchets up pressure on profligate states - 01/07/2010

Economy : Sentiment remains stable in June - 29/06/2010

EP flexes muscles on governance - 29/06/2010

Economic and financial affairs : Debt and banking crises still loom large - 29/06/2010

Belgium/Economy : Hour of budget restraint has come for ‘flat country’ - 28/06/2010

Fiscal policy : ECON deputies accuse EU of fumbling over Greek bailout - 29/06/2010

G20 summit : EU urged to go it alone as G20 fails to endorse bank tax - 28/06/2010

G20 : Business world makes recommendations - 25/06/2010

Investments : EU FDI outflows down, inflows up - 24/06/2010

G20 : EU pledges austerity, US pushes for growth - 23/06/2010

Economic governance : ECB keen on tough sanctions for profligate states - 22/06/2010

EU welcomes Beijing's currency decision - 21/06/2010

Purchasing power : Marked differences in member states’ GDP per inhabitant - 21/06/2010

American and Russian concerns - 18/06/2010

European Council : Leaders pledge closer economic ties - 18/06/2010

European Council : Five 2020 strategy targets approved - 17/06/2010

European Council : EU weakens budget surveillance plan - 17/06/2010

Economic government: What for? - 17/06/2010

Inflation : EU rate stable at 2% - 16/06/2010

European Council : Leaders to thrash out accord on economic governance - 16/06/2010

Excessive deficit procedure : Twelve states get nod for 2010 budget cuts - 16/06/2010

Budgetary policy : Report highlights marked deterioration of public finances - 16/06/2010

Economic policy : Parliament slams Council over governance and 2020 plan - 15/06/2010

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