Internal market Commissioner Frits Bolkestein has described the recent spats over the rules underpinning the euro as "disastrous", according to reports in Dutch business paper NRC Handelsblad.
"If countries do not respect the rules of the Stability Pact, which rules are they going to respect"?, he asked.
Mr Bolkestein's comments come after a stormy meeting of EU finance ministers this week at which France was given extra time to comply with the euro rules - known as the Stabilit...
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