The European Union has warned France that it is not doing enough to reduce its budget deficit in line with EU agreements.
The first-of-its-kind economic policy recommendation to a member state is seen in Brussels as a rebuke to Paris, which is set to take over the rotating presidency of the EU on July 1. The EU's executive, the European Commission, said in a press release that France made "no improvement" in 2007 and is only expected to make "very limited" progress EU Agrees to Germany's Electricity Unbundling Proposal ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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