Six EU PMs call for respect of Pact

Six European prime ministers including those from Italy, Spain and the Netherlands have called for the rules of the Stability and Growth Pact to be applied "without discrimination".

In a letter to the Irish presidency of the EU the authors said the Pact rules "must be applied in a consistent manner and on a non-discriminatory basis".

Extracts from the letter were published Monday by Portuguese news agency Lusa.

The six co-signatories include Estonia, which is due to join the European Union along

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