Solution proposed to tricky economic spat

The Irish Presidency today proposed a solution to the row over the EU's economic rules which is threatening to block agreement on the Constitution.

In a new "declaration on the Stability and Growth Pact", expected to be annexed to the Constitutional Treaty, the Presidency hopes to bring Member States together on the crucial question of economic governance in the union.

The row - over whether Member States or the European Commission should have the most power to co-ordinate econ...