Rehn praises Paris on ‘prudent’ budget cuts

European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Olli Rehn praised France's budget plans on the 26 September 2013, after a meeting with the French finance minister, Pierre Moscovici.

• Primary Source

European Commission: RAPID: SPEECH/13/756: Point presse du Vice-Président Olli Rehn et de M. Pierre Moscovici, Ministre de l'Economie et des Finances français http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-13-756_en.htm

ESO: Background Information: France's Hollande says economic recovery underway http://www.europeansources.info/record/frances-hollande-says-economic-recovery-underway/

ESO: Background Information: French tax hikes would 'destroy' growth, EU says http://www.europeansources.info/record/french-tax-hikes-would-destroy-growth-eu-says/

ESO: Background Information: IMF tells France to slow the pace of deficit reduction http://www.europeansources.info/record/imf-tells-france-to-slow-the-pace-of-deficit-reduction/

Euro|Topics, 26.09.13: Record public debt in France http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/aeltere/NEWSLETTER-2013-09-26-Record-public-debt-in-France

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