Merkel Pushes Ahead with Economic Government Plans

Article reports that German Chancellor Angela Merkel is to propose a 'pact for competitiveness' to the member states of the euro zone in February 2011 in a bid to get countries to harmonize their policies. The plan, which is intended to calm the financial markets' fears about the euro, would introduce a kind of economic government in the euro zone that goes far beyond what has so far been agreed.

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Spiegel Online International, 31.1.11: Merkel's Plan Could Transform the European Union http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,742565,00.html

ESO: Background information: EU leaders wrestle over revamped rescue fund / Berlin nears deal on eurozone governance http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-leaders-wrestle-over-revamped-rescue-fund-berlin-nears-deal-on-eurozone-governance/

Die Zeit, 3.2.11: An EU made in Germany (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/489061-eu-made-germany

ESO: Background information: Germany backs wider rescue fund role http://www.europeansources.info/record/germany-backs-wider-rescue-fund-role/

ESO: Background information: France and Germany split over plans for European Economic Government http://www.europeansources.info/record/france-and-germany-split-over-plans-for-european-economic-government/

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