Eurozone Debt Crisis: Member States Mull Governance Pact To Restore Confidence In Euro

Eurozone Debt Crisis Valerie Pecresse France Budge

First Posted: 11/27/11 07:36 AM ET Updated: 11/27/11 09:43 AM ET

PARIS - The French budget minister says France and its eurozone partners are working on an "overhaul" of European treaties to help restore market confidence in their ability to reduce high state debt and deficits.

Valerie Pecresse has floated the idea of a governance pact among eurozone members that will include "real regulators, real sanctions" to help restore confidence in the currency union.

Speaking Sunday on Canal Plus TV, she said the eurozone's biggest economies — France, Germany and Italy — want to be the "motor" of a more integrated Europe.

Pecresse said the 17 eurozone members must show solidarity and each country must rid itself of the debt and deficit problems that are behind the continent's deepening debt crisis.

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PARIS - The French budget minister says France and its eurozone partners are working on an "overhaul" of European treaties to help restore market confidence in their ability to reduce high state debt ...
PARIS - The French budget minister says France and its eurozone partners are working on an "overhaul" of European treaties to help restore market confidence in their ability to reduce high state debt ...
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11:24 AM on 11/27/2011
Awful. Stupid right wing policies cause the problem, so let's double down, they say, let's get rid of any democracy to lock them in permanently. The monetary system is extremely right wing, let's have an enforced extremely right wing fiscal system too under central undemocratic control. Paying sky-high interest rates is a far more expensive proposition than are social programmes but such is said to be necessary to bring "discipline" to these countries, a choice that was made for that purpose by refusing to have a lender of last resort that, by ensuring that bondholders are always paid, eliminate the risks that lead to these escalating interest rates. Japan has 250% debt to GDP and their ten year bonds go for 1% and their problems are with deflation, not inflation. Such a scenario is said to be impossible according to the dogmatists at the EU; such debt would End Market Confidence and set forth the Bond Vigilantes, and the fact that half of the debt is held by the Bank of Japan MUST lead to 1923-Germany style hyperinflation. Instead there's deflation. Well, EU dogmatists?! Well?!!!!!
Realist2011
beware false profits....
11:01 AM on 11/27/2011
The only thing I can figure is that they're advocating "central control" of Eurozone countries. Nothing short of that is going to be effective. We'll just rename it Frermitalspaigreland......to start.