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General Sites

The Commission’s page explaining the Pact in general terms, with links to related legal documents (like a key ‘resolution’ of the European Council):
europa.eu.int/comm/economy_finance/about/activities/sgp/sgp_en.htm

The official texts (in all EU languages) can be found on the Commission’s website:
ue.eu.int

The Broad Economic Policy Guidelines, including the Council’s annual assessment are on:
ue.eu.int/emu/broad/en/indexen.htm

Reforming the Pact: site and documents

A January 2003 paper, 'How to Reform the Stability and Growth Pact', by Willem H. Buiter (leading international economist and former member of the Bank of England’s monetary board).
www.nber.org/~wbuiter/banker.pdf

The latest information

All the latest official information on convergence and implementation of the pact from the Council of Ministers (now called the Council of EU). (NB: these are the ones who make the decision on Pact violations.)
ue.eu.int/emu/convergence/main.htm

Quotes from the international press that make the Pact look bad, from an anti-euro website
www.no-euro.com/factsfigures/quotes/stabilitypact.asp

Fiscal Surveillance by the European Commission

Stability and convergence programmes - general page
europa.eu.int/comm/economy_finance/about/activities/sgp/sgp_en.htm

2002-2003 examination of the stability and convergence programmes, country-by-country reports, Commission assessments, and Council Opinions:
europa.eu.int/comm/economy_finance/about/activities/sgp/year/year20022003_en.htm

How the 'Excessive Deficit Procedure' works
europa.eu.int/comm/economy_finance/about/activities/sgp/edp_en.htm

Annual Reports on 'Public Finances in EMU':
europa.eu.int/comm/economy_finance/publications/publicfinance_en.htm

Broad Economic Policy Guidelines

Here you can read the actual Commission reports:
europa.eu.int/comm/economy_finance/publications/broadeconomypolicyguidelines_en.htm








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