France’s Lagarde: EU Rescues Major Transgressions of the Lisbon Treaty
December 18, 2010 at 15:28 PM EST
Euro zone policymakers deliberately chose to “violate” the bloc’s rules in rescuing Greece and Ireland, French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde was quoted as saying. The EU’s governing Lisbon Treaty places constraints on bailouts. EU leaders agreed at a summit on Thursday to amend it by creating a permanent financial safety net from 2013. “We violated [...]