Paris pressed on budget promise

France was urged to stick to its promise to balance its books by 2010 amid growing fears in the European Commission that Europe is failing to use the economic recovery to restore order to its public finances

European Commission: Press Release: IP/07/811: Preventive arm of the Stability and Growth Pact needs to be made more effective http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/811&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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