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A Revisão do PEC: boas notícias

"We shouldn't leave unresolved the fundamental problems with the stability pact as it currently operates," he said.

He said that Britain had suffered from a lack of credibility in its economic policies with high interest rates in the early 1990s but was now enjoying the fruits of better fiscal management.

"We must not in the European Union repeat the mistakes that Britain has made in the past," he said.