http://www.ukip.org/abc_news/gen12.php?t=1&id=995
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But to maintain the pretence, we are now going to have a more flexible pact - taking account of economic growth rates and "country specific circumstances". This sounds like a good idea. But in practice, all these criteria depend on judgment, as explained earlier by Mr Alumnia. All it will mean is that a country having trouble sticking to the 3% limit doesn't have to. A flexible rule ceases to be a rule.
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Well, this doesn't come as a surprise. As soon as a rule inconveniences France or Germany it has to be changed. Would we have a new flexible policy if only Portugal had been having trouble meeting the limit? I don't think so. All nations are equal in the EU, but some are more equal than others.
18-09-2004, 11:04 PM
UKIP MEP Slams Stability Pact Fudge
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