The EU needs to change its governing treaty to tackle economic crisis in a more balanced way, promoting growth while enforcing fiscal responsibility, says Parliament Vice President Othmar Karas. A member of the EPP Group, Karas says the treaty should give more power to the European Parliament to have a say in taking crisis measures. Karas is part of parliament fact-finding missions that began in Portugal and continue this week in Cyprus and Greece before going on to Ireland. Available material includes an edited package.
EU Treaty Change Needed to Address Troika Controversy
Release Date: 08 Jan 2014