Eurozone Says No to Fresh Stimulus
Eurozone finance ministers yesterday rejected calls for increased economic stimulus measures, despite a worsening outlook for the EU economy. They also rejected any easing of the requirements for joining the eurozone.
Speaking after a meeting of the Eurogroup, which brings together the finance ministers of the 16 eurozone countries, Jean-Claude Juncker, the prime minister and finance minister of Luxembourg, said: "We don't feel we need to pile deficit on top of deficit and add further to our debt."
Juncker, who chairs the Eurogroup meetings, added: "We would not want to give the impression we are considering putting together other recovery packages."
His remarks followed comments from Larry Summers, director of the U.S. National Economic Council, in an interview with the Financial Times, that governments should pump more public money into their economies to fight the recession. "Recent American appeals" for a European budgetary effort are "not to our liking," Juncker said.
I would say they are very weak in Europe.
Maybe the Jewish lobby is not that strong in Europe as it is in the US?