Brussels threatens to censure UK for breaking budget deficit limit

Article reports that Alistair Darling, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequor (Finance Minister), faces criticism from the European Commission, after the Commission's Spring Economic Forecasts 2008 issued 28 April 2008, said that the UK would breach European Union rules on budget discipline in 2008 and 2009, and threatened formal censure.

European Commission: Press Release: IP/08/649: Spring economic forecast 2008-2009: growth moderates, price pressures a worry but, overall, EU weathers external headwinds rather well http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/649&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: DG Economic and Financial Affairs: EU economic situation: Economic forecasts http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/publications/european_economy/forecasts_en.htm

European Commission: DG Economic and Financial Affairs: EU economic situation: Economic forecasts: Member States: UK http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/pdfs_files/2008/spring-forecasts/eu-member-states/uk.pdf

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