French President Jacques Chirac has reopened the debate on the EU's Stability and Growth Pact by announcing in his traditional Bastille day television address that it should be more flexible.
Mr Chirac has put the issue firmly onto the Eurozone finance ministers' agenda just hours before they are due to meet in Brussels.
In the TV interview, Mr Chirac said he wants the Eurozone finance ministers "to examine together provisional methods for relaxing" the pact which obliges Eurozone...
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