Fiscal rules face obstacles, says Lagarde

Report of comments by France's Finance Minister in an interview with the FT, 14 September 2010. She said that the European Union’s drive for new rules on national fiscal discipline has run into 'very difficult' legal obstacles and political objections from non-eurozone members.

Spiegel Online International, 13.9.10: Crisis Forces Europe to Unite on Financial Reform http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,717087,00.html

EurActiv: Features on Economic governance http://www.euractiv.com/future-eu/economic-governance/article-116972

EurActiv, 15.9.10: EU stuck in debate over economic 'indicators' http://www.euractiv.com/euro-finance/eu-stuck-debate-economic-indicat-news-497784

EurActiv: Links Dossier: The EU's economic governance: Rewriting the rulebook http://www.euractiv.com/euro/the-eu-s-economic-governance-rewriting-the-rulebook-linksdossier-496816

ESO: Background information: Communiqué from Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, following the meeting of the Task Force on Economic Governance, Brussels, 12 July 2010 http://www.europeansources.info/record/communique-from-herman-van-rompuy-president-of-the-european-council-following-the-meeting-of-the-task-force-on-economic-governance-brussels-12-july-2010/

EUObserver, 14.9.10: Van Rompuy economic governance task-force fizzling out http://euobserver.com/9/30804

ESO: Background information: Van Rompuy readies ‘smart sanctions’ to restore euro confidence http://www.europeansources.info/record/van-rompuy-readies-smart-sanctions-to-restore-euro-confidence/

EUObserver, 22.9.10: Van Rompuy defends economic taskforce against critics http://euobserver.com/9/30864

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