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Van Rompuy pleads for 'greater budgetary discipline' within EU

2010-05-21 7 Dailymotion

Crisis-hit European finance ministers locked horns on Friday under pressure from Germany to punish heavily-indebted countries who overshoot national budgets. "We should reach greater budgetary discipline," EU President Herman Van Rompuy told a press conference atfer the meeting, adding that the EU needed 'an effective crisis mechanism'.Duration: 00:53