France wants the European Union to soften its stance on budget deficits in response to the economic crisis – a move which would alter the EU's stability pact on which the bloc's common currency is based.
"We should think about a special treatment for the debts currently acquired as a consequence of the crisis," French economy minister Christine Lagarde told Financial Times Deutschland.
She said several member states now have budget deficits as a result of economic stimulus packag...
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