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France broke the EU deficit rules for over a decade. Everybody talked about it, but nobody acted. If a EU state refuses to do a thing, that's basically it. ht
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France broke the EU deficit rules for over a decade. Everybody talked about it, but nobody acted.
If a EU state refuses to do a thing, that's basically it.
https://piie.com/blogs/realtime-economic-issues-watch/frances-deficit-tests-flexibility-eus-fiscal-rules https://piie.com/blogs/realtime-economic-issues-watch/france...
- ajnin 7y agoGermany's been breaking the EU's excessive trade surplus rules for more than ten years as well, and nobody even talks about it ! Go figure.
- riffraff 7y agohow does nobody talk about it? It's mentioned fairly regularly by commentators. Less than the italian deficit for sure, but still a well known fact. If anything, few people mention the dutch trade surplus (I presume because the "netherland is evil!!" narrative is not as common as "german is evil!!").
- hestefisk 7y agoNot true. The commission can chose to sue any memberships state in the European high court. Denmark was sued by EU for not allowing sale of tin can drinks (beers, soft drinks) in Denmark due to environmental concerns. It was seen as a kind of protectionism.