The evaluation of Spain's 2016 budget is proving to be an embarrassment for the European Commission, after finance commissioner Pierre Moscovici appeared to be rebuked by EU executive president Jean-Claude Juncker.
On Monday (5 October), at a Eurogroup press conference, Moscovici said the Commission planned "to formally adopt its opinion tomorrow afternoon, based on an ad hoc forecast carried out in September specifically for Spain".
Spain presented its budget on 31 July and sent ...
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